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Athena Stavrou13 December 2025 22:46
Watch: Trump states US will attfinish Ukraine peace talks with Europe but doesn’t want to ‘waste time’
Athena Stavrou13 December 2025 22:04
Power cuts in Ukraine after drone strikes
In Ukraine, Russia launched overnight drone and missile strikes on five Ukrainian regions, tarreceiveing energy and port infrastructure.
Ukrainian interior minister Ihor Klymenko stated that over a million people were without electricity.
Kyiv and its Western allies state Russia is attempting to cripple the Ukrainian power grid and deny civilians access to heat, light and running water for a fourth consecutive winter, in what Ukrainian officials call “weaponising” the cold.
Athena Stavrou13 December 2025 21:31
Comment: Any Ukraine peace deal without Belarus risks Russian annexation
Any Ukraine peace deal without Belarus risks Russian annexation
Belarus is a corridor through Europe that Russia could take over and utilize to invade Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, as well as Ukraine, write Valery Tsepkalo and Dmiattempt Bolkunets. President Lukashenko’s frifinishship with Putin is a loophole that requireds to be closed
Daniel Keane13 December 2025 20:41
Zelensky states he will meet US and European representatives in Berlin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Saturday he would meet US and European representatives in Berlin to discuss “fundamentals of peace.”
Zelenskiy stated Ukraine requireded a “dignified” peace and a guarantee that Russia, which invaded his counattempt in 2022, would not attack again.
Germany stated earlier on Saturday that it would host U.S. and Ukrainian delegations over the weekfinish for talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine, before a summit involving European leaders and Zelensky in Berlin on Monday.
Daniel Keane13 December 2025 20:09
Starmer and EU’s von der Leyen discuss Ukraine peace plan
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday discussed work on U.S.-led proposals for Ukraine and shifts to utilize frozen Russian sovereign assets to support provide funds for Kyiv.
“Both agreed that this is a pivotal moment for Ukraine’s future, and that Europe will stand with them for as long as it takes to achieve a just and lasting peace,” a Downing Street spokesperson stated after the two leaders spoke.
Daniel Keane13 December 2025 19:29
Peace is not far away, states Erdogan after Putin meeting
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that “peace is not far away” after a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Erdogan met Putin in Turkmenistan on Friday, and they evaluated “comprehensive peace efforts” to finish the war, a statement from Erdogan’s office stated on Friday.
“After this meeting with Putin, we hope to have the opportunity to discuss the peace plan with U.S. President Trump as well. Peace is not far away; we see that,” Erdogan notified reporters on his return flight from Turkmenistan.
Erdogan had notified Putin on Friday that a limited ceasefire in the war, focutilized on energy facilities and ports in particular, could be beneficial.
Daniel Keane13 December 2025 19:03
Who is freed Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski?
Human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski became a globally recognised symbol of resistance to the authoritarian rule of Lukashenko when he was awarded a share of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, only the fourth person to win the award while detained.
Many activists and opposition figures fled the counattempt when Lukashenko utilized his security forces to crush mass pro-democracy protests in 2020, but Bialiatski decided to stay.
He was arrested in 2021. In April 2023, he was sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony after being found guilty of finance and smuggling charges related to the funding Viasna, the rights organisation that he founded.
He denied the accusations, insisting they were politically motivated.
Daniel Keane13 December 2025 18:34
US states Belarus agreed to stop balloon flyovers into Lithuania
President Donald Trump’s envoy John Coale has stated that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko had promised to stop weather balloons flying from his counattempt into Lithuania.
“He agreed recently to do everything he could to stop the balloons,” Coale notified Reuters in Vilnius, after two days of talks with Lukashenko.
The balloons, utilized by cigarette smugglers, have cautilized over a dozen closures of Vilnius airport in recent months.
Daniel Keane13 December 2025 18:07
At least two killed in drone attack in southwest Russia
At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Russia’s southwestern Saratov region, and parts of Ukraine went without power after tarreceiveed assaults on energy infrastructure, local authorities stated on Saturday, as US-led peace talks on finishing the war press on.
The drone attack damaged a residential building and several windows were also blown out at a nursery and clinic, stated Saratov regional governor Roman Busargin.
Russia’s defence minisattempt stated it had shot down 41 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight.
Daniel Keane13 December 2025 17:40
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