MOSCOW, March 7 — Russia warned French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday not to threaten it with nuclear rhetoric and, mocking his height by calling him 'Micron', ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces from Nato members to Ukraine.

WASHINGTON/KYIV, March 4 — Ukraine has said its forces could hold their own on the battlefield as they fight Russian troops after United States (US) President Donald Trump paused military aid to Kyiv in the most dramatic step yet in his pivot towards closer ties with Russia.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Bursa Malaysia opened higher today, tracking Wall Street’s rally last Friday, as investors shrugged off concerns over rising tensions between Ukraine and the United States (US).

WASHINGTON, March 3 — Top Republicans aligned with US President Donald Trump pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday to change his position on the war with Russia or step aside, ramping up pressure on the Ukrainian leader after a contentious White House meeting last week.

LONDON, March 2 — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will try to revive hope for peace in Ukraine at a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other Western leaders on Sunday, two days after the Ukrainian leader and United States (US) President Donald Trump clashed in Washington.

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged the United States yesterday to provide a security “backstop” to any future European peacekeepers in Ukraine, saying only that would offer Kyiv a lasting peace rather than a temporary ceasefire.

KYIV, Feb 26 — Ukraine has said that Washington would commit to supporting Kyiv's efforts to obtain security guarantees under a finalised minerals deal the two nations have wrangled over for two weeks, but the United States (US) offered no security pledges of their own.

KYIV, Feb 24 — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday that Russia launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, the largest of the war, as he condemned Russia's "aerial terror" and called for unity among Ukraine's allies.

NEW YORK, Feb 19 — China supports all efforts conducive to peace talks in Ukraine, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the United Nations Security Council yesterday, and stressed that Gaza and the West Bank are "not a bargaining chip in political trade-offs".

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV, Feb 13 — Donald Trump said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls with him yesterday, and Trump ordered top US officials to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine.

KYIV, Dec 20 — As the future of warfare pivots towards artificial intelligence (AI), Ukraine is sitting on a valuable resource — millions of hours of footage from drones that can be used to train AI models to make decisions on the battlefield.

MOSCOW, Dec 20 — Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with US President-elect Donald Trump on ending the war and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities.

KYIV, Dec 3 — Ukraine today blasted a deal struck 30 years ago, under which it relinquished nuclear weapons in exchange for security assurances that never materialised, as it made a concerted push for an invitation to join the Nato alliance.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 18 — Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies were set to meet on Monday in Brazil for their annual summit, bracing for a shift in the global order with the return to power of United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump.

BEIJING, Nov 7 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is hopeful that United States (US) President-elect Donald Trump’s victory will yield positive outcomes, not only for bilateral relations and trade but also for geopolitics.

SEREMBAN, Nov 2 — Malaysians travelling abroad for tourism, work, or further studies should notify the embassies in the countries they are visiting of their whereabouts and contact numbers.

KAZAN, Russia, Oct 25 — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told BRICS leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the world needed peace in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine and Sudan.

MOSCOW, Oct 3 — Russia stands alongside China on Asian issues, including the criticism of the United States's (US) drive to extend its influence and "deliberate attempts" to inflame the situation around Taiwan, its Foreign Minister said in an interview published on Thursday.

KYIV, Aug 27 — Russia attacked Ukraine with more than 200 missiles and drones yesterday, killing seven people and striking energy facilities nationwide, Kyiv said, while neighbouring Nato member Poland reported a drone had probably entered its airspace.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Aug 18 — Safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit a perimeter access road yesterday, according to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi.