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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to be in Istanbul for talks with Ukraine, but it is not known if Vladimir Putin will be there as well. (Reuters)

Uncertainty over Ukraine peace talks as Moscow stays silent on who it is sending

Trump says he doesn't know if Putin will turn up

13 hours ago| Reuters
The Kremlin has refused to say whether Vladimir Putin will meet Volodymyr Zelensky.

Zelensky urges Trump to help secure Putin meeting in Turkey   

The Kremlin is refusing to say whether Putin will attend talks

May 13, 2025| AFP
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas addresses guests at the two-day Democracy Summit.

Putin 'doesn't dare' meet Zelensky in Istanbul: EU's Kallas

Putin himself suggested direct talks between Russia and Ukraine

May 13, 2025| AFP
A local resident looks at a damaged private house after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region on May 11, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP

UK hosts European ministers for Ukraine talks after ceasefire ultimatum

Representatives from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, England and the EU will meet in London

May 12, 2025| AFP
Zelensky and Putin. Photos: Reuters

Zelensky says he is willing to meet Putin in Turkey

Ukrainian President says he hopes the Russians 'will not look for excuses'

May 11, 2025| Reuters
AFP file photos of Zelensky and Putin.

Putin proposes direct Ukraine talks but quiet on 30-day ceasefire

Russian president proposes direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15

May 11, 2025| AFP
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speak with U.S. President Donald Trump via phone call. Photo: Reuters

European leaders meet Zelenskiy in Kyiv to press Russia for 30-day ceasefire

The visit by the leaders of the four countries also paid their respect at a memorial to honour Ukrainian soldiers

May 10, 2025| Reuters
Zelensky and Trump had a good call this week. Reuters file photo of a meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents in February.

US embassy in Kyiv warns of 'potentially significant' air attack

Trump has good call with Ukraine's Zelenskiy, White House says

May 9, 2025| Reuters
A view shows Red Square during a military parade on Victory Day in central Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025. Maxim Bogodvid/Host agency RIA Novosti/Handout via REUTER

Putin evokes WWII victory to rally Russia behind Ukraine offensive

Russia's Victory Day commemorations kick off

May 9, 2025| AFP
Russian military vehicles move along the Garden Ring road prior to the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade, to be held at Red Square.

Kremlin says taking 'all measures' to protect May 9 parade

Drones force Russian airports to close, thousands stranded

May 7, 2025| AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping (3d-L) during the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. AFP.

China's Xi heads to Moscow to beef up 'no limits' Putin partnership 

Xi calls for other countries to stay out of their relationship

May 7, 2025| AFP
A "No Drone Zone" sign sits just off the Kremlin in central Moscow.

Ukraine fires drones on Moscow days before Red Square parade

Kremlin says it will stick to three-day truce

May 6, 2025| AFP
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot in the Treaty Room of the US Department of State in Washington, DC on Thursday. Photo: AFP

EU preparing new sanctions on Russia

Putin is the 'sole obstacle' to peace in Ukraine - French foreign minister

May 1, 2025| AFP
Photo: Neil Camilleri and Giuseppe Attard

Documentary on MOAS medics in Ukraine to premiere May 5

Migrant Offshore Aid Station was founded in Malta in 2014

April 30, 2025| Times of Malta
Zelensky, Trump an Putin. Photos: AFP

US threatens to quit Russia-Ukraine effort unless 'concrete proposals'

Last week, a ballistic missile ripped into a residential area of Kyiv in one of the deadliest attacks on the capital since the invasion

April 30, 2025| AFP
President Vladimir Putin attends the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 9, 2024. Photo: AFP

Putin announces surprise Ukraine truce for May 8-10 

Three-day pause in fighting to coincide with Moscow's WWII commemorations

April 28, 2025| AFP
Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Donald Trump meet at Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday Photo: AFP

Russia 'ready' to talk to Ukraine but says annexed regions must be recognised

Claims of annexed Ukraine regions 'imperative' in talks, Kremlin says

April 28, 2025| AFP
Times of Malta file photo.

'Russians with Ukraine war link sold Malta golden passports': Financial Times

European Court of Justice set to decide on Malta's scheme this week

April 27, 2025| Times of Malta
Russia's Investigative Committee has opened a murder probe following the blast. Photo: AFP

Russian general killed by car bomb near Moscow

General-lieutenant Yaroslav Moskalik Yaroslav Moskalik named as victim

April 25, 2025| AFP
Russia's Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: AFP\

Lavrov says Russia is 'ready to reach a deal' on Ukraine

Trump envoy due in Moscow on Friday

April 25, 2025| AFP
Rescue workers working in Kyiv following a separate strike that occurred on April 6. Photo: Ukraine State Emergency Department

Nine killed, 63 wounded in 'massive' Russian missile attack on Kyiv 

Hours after Trump lashes out at Zelensky, Russia attacks Ukraine's capital

April 24, 2025| AFP
Zelensky and Trump arguing in the Oval Office earlier this year. Photo: AFP

Trump says Ukraine-Russia deal 'very close' but slams Zelensky on Crimea

US President says Ukraine is prolonging killing with position on occupied territory

April 23, 2025| AFP
A Putin spokesman warned Tuesday against rushing into a speedy ceasefire, telling a state TV reporter that the issue was too 'complex' for a quick fix. Photo: AFP

US envoy to visit Moscow as US pushes for ceasefire

Trump, who promised to strike a quick deal between Moscow and Kyiv has failed since his return to office three months ago to wrangle concessions from Putin

April 22, 2025| AFP
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is carried to a medical tent shortly after he, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner landed in their Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft. Photo: Bill INGALLS / NASA / AFP.

NASA's oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday

The astronaut has logged more than 18 months in orbit in his 29-year career

April 20, 2025| AFP
A heavily shelled apartment block in Kostyantynivka, in the eastern Donetsk region. Photo: AFP

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of breaching Easter truce 

Both sides pledged to pause the fighting. Both say the other did not

April 20, 2025| AFP
A Ukrainian law enforcement officer inspects the remains of a missile in front of a destroyed perfume and cosmetics manufacturing building following an attack in Kharkiv. Photo: AFP

Russia declares 30-hour 'Easter truce' in Ukraine

Zelensky says Ukraine will respect ceasefire but expresses scepticism

April 19, 2025| AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-In Ceremony for the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mehmet Oz at the Oval Office. Photo: Mandel NGAN / AFP.

Trump echoes Rubio warning that US could ditch Ukraine talks if no progress

'We want to get it done,' says US president

April 18, 2025| AFP
AFP photo of Andriy Yermak (L) with Volodymyr Zelensky.

Zelensky's top aide, foreign minister in Paris to meet US, EU officials

Putin last month rejected a US proposal for a full and unconditional ceasefire

April 17, 2025| AFP
A Ukrainian rescuer walks by a burned car in front of damaged building at the site of a missile attack in Sumy, northeastern Ukraine. Photo: AFP

Watch: The moment Russian airstrikes hit Sumy city centre in Ukraine

Ukrainians mourn Sumy strike victims as Russia denies targeting

April 15, 2025| AFP
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.

Trump blames Zelensky for 'millions' of deaths in Russian invasion

US president also blames Putin and Biden

April 14, 2025| AFP