By Guy Faulconbridge and Olena Harmash MOSCOW/KYIV, Dec 2 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, visited Moscow for talks on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a possible agreement to end the war in Ukraine. A leaked set of U.S. draft peace proposals emerged last week but European powers made counter-proposals …
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KYIV, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Ukraine, whose energy sector is under daily Russian missile attack, boosted its electricity imports for the second month in a row to 415 megawatt hours in November from 360 megawatt hours in October, analyst ExPro said on Tuesday. Ukrainian power imports stood at 140 Mwh in September and 264 MWh …
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SOFIA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s government on Tuesday withdrew its 2026 budget plan, the first drafted in euros before the European Union member state adopts the currency on January 1, following nationwide protests against planned tax hikes to finance higher spending. The minority government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov asked parliament in a statement …
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By Alan Charlish WARSAW, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Polish prosecutors are charging a Russian in absentia with directing a group of saboteurs and spies as part of a suspected destabilisation campaign due to Warsaw’s strong support for Ukraine. Poland has long accused Russia and its ally Belarus of waging a hybrid war of sabotage, cyberattacks …
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By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin hailed what his commanders said was Russia’s full capture of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine as an important victory, but the Ukrainian military said its forces still held the northern part of the city. In comments released before a visit to Moscow by U.S. envoy …
KYIV, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators had “refined” a framework peace agreement developed in Geneva during their recent talks in Florida. Writing on X, he said Ukraine was approaching diplomacy with “utmost seriousness” and wanted more of its foreign partners involved in the process. …
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By Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party narrowed the gap on opposition rival Tisza in November, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday, helped by large-scale spending ahead of next year’s election and a slight improvement in consumer confidence. The poll conducted on November 21-28 …
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MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev will meet U.S. special representative Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday, sources close to U.S.-Russia talks told Reuters. The two men have met a number of times in Russia and the United States to discuss peace proposals and future investment opportunities involving the U.S. and …
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BRUSSELS, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said on Tuesday that the European planemaker had turned a corner after the weekend recall of thousands of jets for a rapid software fix, but that lessons need to be learned from the unprecedented global operation. “I think we can put this behind us,” he told …
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By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, Dec 2 (Reuters) – However Donald Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine pans out, Europe fears the prospect of a deal – sooner or later – that will not punish or weaken Russia as its leaders had hoped, placing the continent’s security in greater jeopardy. Europe may well …
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