Given the Trump administration’s recent statements and policy pronouncements, European leaders no longer have any excuse for failing to map out their own long-term security strategy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/30/world/decision-time-for-europe-on-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #volodymyrzelenskyy #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #europe #eu #nato #us #donaldtrump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Kyiv was discussing with Washington a possible presence of U.S. troops in Ukraine as part of security guarantees. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/world/politics/zelenskyy-trump-us-troops-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #vladimirputin #us #donaldtrump #usmilitary

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U.S. President Donald Trump said he made "a lot of progress” in talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over a possible peace deal, but that there’s no set timeline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/world/trump-zelenskyy-no-breakthrough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #us #eu #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #donaldtrump #vladimirputin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy consulted with allies on Saturday and won renewed expressions of support ahead of a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/world/ukraine-zelenskyy-trump-allies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #canada #russia #us #eu #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #donaldtrump #markcarney #vladimirputin

Russia has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump this weekend, of seeking to "torpedo" a U.S.-brokered plan to stop the fighting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/world/russia-accuse-ukraine-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #volodymyrzelenskyy #vladimirputin #donaldtrump

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine is willing to pull his troops back from areas of the eastern Donetsk region still under Kyiv’s control and turn those areas into a demilitarized zone as part of a peace deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/world/ukraine-talks-demilitarized-zone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the latest version of a plan to end the Russian invasion would freeze the front line, but still pave the way for Ukrainian withdrawals and the creation of demilitarized zones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/world/ukraine-war-draft-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy

U.S. negotiators have told Ukraine that it must withdraw from the Donetsk region under any peace deal with Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/world/politics/us-ukraine-donetsk-peace-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #stevewitkoff #us #donaldtrump #jaredkushner

Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered to drop Ukraine's aspirations to join NATO during talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/world/politics/ukraine-nato-peace-talks-berlin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #germany #us #donaldtrump #stevewitkoff #jaredkushner #friedrichmerz #nato

Ukraine's government has no active candidates for the vacant position of energy minister, underlining how a corruption scandal is complicating efforts to fill key posts at a critical time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/13/world/politics/ukraine-corruption-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #corruption

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has floated the prospect of allowing Ukrainians to vote on whether to hand Donbas region to Russia as Kyiv comes under pressure to agree to an emerging U.S. peace plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/world/politics/zelenskyy-territory-referendum-us-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #volodymyrzelenskyy #russiaukrainewar #referendum #donaldtrump #markrutte #friedrichmerz

While Pokrovsk's seemingly inevitable fall to Russia will not trigger a collapse in Ukraine's defenses, it weakens Kyiv at a sensitive juncture in U.S.-led negotiations to end the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/world/ukraine-pokrovsk-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump #volodymyrzelenskyy #europe #vladimirputin

Ukraine has sent Washington an updated plan for ending Russia's invasion, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/world/ukraine-us-new-war-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #europe #us #donaldtrump

Ukraine has sent Washington an updated plan for ending Russia's invasion, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/world/politics/ukraine-us-new-war-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #europe #us #donaldtrump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to hold new elections in the nation provided security can be assured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/world/politics/zelenskyy-ukraine-elections-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #volodymyrzelenskyy #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #us #donaldtrump #europe

European leaders are growing confident they will reach a deal to use frozen Russian assets before the end of the year, even as Europe and the U.S. remain divided on providing security guarantees for Kyiv. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/world/politics/europe-russian-assets-ukraine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #volodymyrzelenskyy #donaldtrump #us #europe

Three days of talks between Ukrainian and the U.S. have yet to see results, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy committing to further negotiations even as Russia launched more drone and missile strikes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/politics/no-breakthrough-ukraine-us-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #donaldtrump #volodymyrzelenskyy

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

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