Donald Trump’s outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was close and depended on resolving just two major issues, while Moscow says it wants radical changes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/politics/us-envoy-ukraine-peace-deal-close/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump
The Kremlin welcomed President Donald Trump's new national security strategy, saying it largely accorded with Russia's perceptions, the first time Moscow has so lavishly praised such a document from the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/world/politics/russia-us-security-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #russia #donaldtrump #russiaukrainewar #ukraine
The U.S. wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials said, a deadline that struck some as unrealistic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/politics/us-2027-deadline-europe-nato/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #europe #nato #donaldtrump #usmilitary #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar
The message couldn’t have been clearer. In a 33-page National Security Strategy signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House said Europe risked being wiped away unless it changed its culture and politics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/politics/europe-trump-security-strategy-ukraine-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #europe #us #donaldtrump
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff held productive talks with Ukraine's senior negotiator Rustem Umerov over the past two days, U.S. officials said on Friday, with further talks scheduled for Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/06/world/us-officials-ukraine-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to expand and diversify trade beyond oil and defense despite Western pressure on New Delhi to scale back its ties with Moscow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/world/politics/modi-putin-india-russia-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #india #russia #vladimirputin #narendramodi #us #ukraine #russiaukrainewar
Amid its war with Russia, Ukraine is staring down the barrel of a population collapse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/world/society/ukraine-population-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #russiaukrainewar #children #depopulation
The confusion still swirling in Washington over President Donald Trump's latest peace plan for Ukraine has made one thing clear: The U.S. president's unconventional, all-in approach to diplomacy carries big risks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/world/politics/trump-ukraine-peace-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff
The European Commission proposed an unprecedented use of frozen Russian assets or international borrowing to raise €90 billion for Ukraine to cover its struggling military and basic services against Russia's war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/world/politics/eu-russian-assets-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #eu #europe #defense #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
French President Emmanuel Macron touched down on Wednesday in China, where he is expected to put pressure on his counterpart, Xi Jinping, to help secure a ceasefire in Ukraine and discuss trade relations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/world/macron-xi-china-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #china #france #xijinping #emmanuelmacron #russiaukrainewar
To avoid being sidelined geopolitically, Europe must prioritize rearmament, recognize common threats like Putin’s Russia and find ways to project power effectively outside traditional EU mechanisms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/03/world/europes-wrong-eu-poweplay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #eu #europe #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #defense #us #nato
Vladimir Putin met Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner for talks on how to end the deadliest European conflict since WWII. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/world/politics/putin-witkoff-kushner-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner
However U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine pans out, Europe fears the idea of a deal that will not punish or weaken Russia, which could put the continent’s security in greater jeopardy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/world/politics/trump-ukraine-ugly-deal-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #europe #eu #us #donaldtrump #nato
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expects to discuss “key issues” with U.S. President Donald Trump amid an accelerated American-led push to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/world/politics/ukraine-zelenskyy-trump-progress/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy
As President Donald Trump reduces deployments in Europe, European powers face a likely future of having to defend Ukraine, and possibly the rest of their eastern frontier, with limited U.S. backing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/nato-russia-us-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nato #us #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
U.S. and Ukrainian officials discussed a peace deal with Russia, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing optimism despite challenges in ending the more than 3-year-long war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/rubio-florida-talks-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #marcorubio #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump
Ukraine’s corruption probe, unfolding amid battlefield setbacks and pressure to accept a pro-Kremlin peace plan, shows the country is a functioning democracy with real accountability in contrast to Putin's Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/30/world/ukraine-deserves-to-survive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #corruption #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #us #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
Ukrainian naval drones hit two sanctioned tankers in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia's vast oil industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/world/ukraine-russia-shadow-fleet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #drones #turkey #oil
Russia unleashed an air barrage on Kyiv overnight, killing at least three people and causing widespread power outages, as Ukraine's negotiating team heads to the U.S. for talks aimed at bringing an end to the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/world/russia-attack-kyiv/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #volodymyrzelenskyy #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump #russia #vladimirputin
Ayub Bliev became the first Russian judoka in more than two years to win a title under his national flag when he triumphed at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam tournament on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/11/29/more-sports/russia-judoka-abu-dhabi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #internationaljudofederation #russia #russiaukrainewar