Russia has repeatedly painted modern Ukraine as a Nazi state, in a crass distortion of history. Putin had already seized Ukraine's Crimean peninsula eight years earlier, after a revolution that ousted Ukraine's pro-Russian president and replaced him with a more pro-Western government.

Trump hints at resuming intelligence sharing with Ukraine During an exchange with a journalist, Donald Trump repeatedly sought clarification on a question about Vladimir Putin, asking, “Who? What did he do?

Now America is attempting to force a resolution to the war, investors must try to gauge the consequences of its success or failure. The most obvious shifts have been in the markets for European assets,

Ukraine and the US are to hold crunch peace talks in Saudi Arabia from tomorrow following a tense few weeks in which relations between Kyiv and Washington looked more fraught than ever, US officials have said they are planning on using the meeting with their Ukrainian counterparts to determine whether Kyiv is willing to make material concessions

Zelensky meets Saudi officials as Kyiv to push air and sea ceasefire at US-led talks - US president Donald Trump says the US has ‘just about’ lifted its suspension on intelligence sharing with Ukraine.