Russia has given its first response to Donald Trump’s ultimatum calling on Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks or see his Ukraine invasion end “the hard way”.Writing on his Truth Social platform days after re-entering the White House,

“We expect active joint work in the spirit of peace through strength with the newly elected U.S. President Trump,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a press conference alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Soldiers and civilians alike say that after so much loss, the new U.S. president must push for a just settlement, not peace at any cost.

Speaking a day after Trump’s inauguration, Ukraine’s president told world leaders at Davos that Europe needs to remain united and “learn how to take care of itself.”

As President Trump looks to fix the issues that irk him the most, the issue of NATO defense spending — one of his perennial bugbears — is returning to the fore.

The defense ministers of Europe’s five top military spenders say they intend to continue increasing their investments in defense but described President-elect Donald Trump’s challenge for them to rais

A Polish soldier holds a Nato flag at a ceremony last year. Warsaw doubled its defence spending after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ...

The meeting of the defence ministers from the EU's largest countries together with the deputy defence minister of Great Britain comes as Poland begins its rotating presidency of the EU and as Europe braces for the unpredictability of a new Donald Trump presidency.

In his inaugural speech, Donald Trump did not address Russia's war against Ukraine. Instead, he suspended all American foreign aid programs for 90 days. Nedim Useinov, a Crimean political scientist living in Poland,

The key focus for Ukraine in future peace negotiations will be securing robust and comprehensive security guarantees to prevent any future Russian aggression

President Donald Trump, in one of his first official acts on Monday, pardoned those convicted or awaiting trial for their participation in the riots of January 6, 2021 at the Capitol. That included nearly 80 Ohioans convicted or awaiting trial.

Just over 1,500 people accused of storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will have their sentences commuted or pardoned, or charges dismissed.