Washington will not continue writing blank checks to fund Kyiv's defence, says White House

Possibility of further US sanctions, tariffs on Russian oil buyers hangs over market

Trump's pledges hailed by Ukraine's Zelenskiy, supported by other European leaders

Markets on the lookout for ceasefire as US President threatens secondary sanctions on Russian oil buyers if peace talks stall

US President hints three-and-a-half-year conflict close to resolution, requiring Ukraine to surrender significant territory

Russia likely to closely observe perceived American interference in region regarded as its sphere of influence

TURNBERRY, July 28 — United States President Donald Trump set a new deadline of 10 or 12 days for Russia to make progress toward ending the war in Ukraine or face consequences, underscoring frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the 3.5 year-long conflict.

KYIV, July 9 — Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, hours after United States (US) President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually sharp criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin.

PARIS, July 9 — Europe's top human rights court has unanimously ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 and also that Moscow had repeatedly and systematically violated human rights in Ukraine.

PUTRAJAYA, June 10 — Malaysia and Poland have expressed readiness to deepen cooperation between Asean and the European Union (EU), leveraging their respective chairmanships to drive a more strategic and long-term interregional partnership.

ISTANBUL, June 2 — Russian and Ukrainian officials are due to sit down on Monday in Istanbul for their second round of direct peace talks since 2022, with no sign they are any closer to an agreement, one day after Kyiv struck some of Moscow's nuclear-capable bombers.

CHERNIHIV REGION, May 23 — Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far.

MOSCOW, May 23 — Moscow’s work on a memorandum concerning the Ukraine crisis is at an advanced stage, and a second round of talks with Kyiv is expected, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday, the TASS news agency reported.

BANFF, May 22 — Finance leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised democracies sought to downplay disputes over United States (US) President Donald Trump's tariffs and find some common ground to keep the forum viable as they met in the Canadian Rocky Mountains on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS/LONDON, May 20 — The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) announced new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday without waiting for the United States (US) to join them, a day after President Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin without winning a promise for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

BUCHAREST, May 19 — Romania's European allies and markets welcomed centrist Nicușor Dan's presidential election victory over a Eurosceptic hard-right rival on Sunday, relieved that the European Union (EU) member had avoided a lurch to a Donald Trump-inspired political path.

KYIV, May 17 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Saturday for stronger sanctions on Moscow after a Russian drone killed nine bus passengers in northeastern Ukraine just hours after the two countries held their first peace talks in three years of war.

ISTANBUL, May 16 — Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul on Friday at their first direct peace talks in more than three years, under pressure from United States (US) President Donald Trump to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two.

MOSCOW, May 9 — Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two on Friday with a parade attended by China's Xi Jinping amid tight security to guard against Ukrainian attacks after three years of devastating war.

KYIV, April 19 — Ukraine imposed sanctions on three Chinese companies on Friday, claiming they were involved in the production of advanced Iskander missiles, a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy alleged that China had been supplying weapons to Russia.