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EU leaders aim to find a collective response to U.S.’s intention to ease sanctions on Moscow as an incentive to stop fighting Ukraine.

“And against this backdrop, speaking about easing pressure on Russia, lifting sanctions, and so on, is definitely inappropriate and unhelpful,” says Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“I think this is premature to discuss the terms of a deal before we have a deal,” Bessent said.

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Warsaw is already spending big on defense. Now it needs the manpower.

Ankara is too important an ally to alienate, no matter what happens on the streets of Istanbul, politicians and officials tell POLITICO.

Top leaders meeting in Paris want to show the U.S. and Russia can’t carve up the continent by cutting out the EU and Ukraine.

EU countries are against reviving the ruptured gas links, which experts say will also prove legally difficult — even if there’s an American buyout.

European allies are increasingly worried about the U.S. commitment to NATO.

“Justice is a prerequisite for sustainable peace,” says the head of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO.

Decision in Yerevan paves the way for a long and winding (and potentially fruitless) quest toward a place in the bloc.

The push to boost defense spending clashes with Madrid’s struggle to ensure not “a single cent” is cut from social spending.

It’s ours, end of story, Moscow says.

France, Italy and Spain are seeking to boost military spending based on grants rather than loans to avoid increasing their debt loads.

“I’ve done it over the years,” U.S. president says of using stalling tactics when negotiating contracts.

When Vlad and his friends realized the Kremlin would not return them home, they staged an open revolt.

The region’s shipping safety has vexed the international community amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Skirmishes heat up ahead of this fall’s vote in Czechia, which threatens to dramatically reorient Prague’s political direction.

In seeking a historic peace accord between Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump has presented himself as an agnostic arbiter focused only on bringing the three-year war …

Ukrainian leader lifts the lid on the Oval Office meeting that sparked a diplomatic uproar.

Beijing maintains close ties with Moscow.

Bucharest is at the center of a heated debate over social media policing.

Beijing’s inclusion in the mission “could potentially increase Russia’s acceptance of peacekeeping forces in Ukraine,” EU diplomats tell Welt.