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Ukraine says it has received 31 civilians who had been held in Belarus

22 Nov 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said it had received 31 civilians on Saturday who had been freed from jail in Belarus. “Women and men detained in Belarus and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment ranging from two to 11 years are returning to Ukraine,” Kyiv’s prisoner exchange coordination committee said on the Telegram messaging app. “We express …

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G7 and European leaders discuss Ukraine plan on margins of G20, sources say

22 Nov 2025

By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Group of Seven nations, EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa, and other European leaders were discussing Washington’s proposed peace plan for Ukraine on Saturday afternoon on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Johannesburg, sources familiar with the matter said. The E3, an informal security alliance of …

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Canada’s Carney and France’s Macron discuss Ukraine, Gaza on G20 sidelines

22 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the war in Ukraine and the situation in Gaza on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa, the Canadian government said on Saturday. The two leaders reaffirmed their support for Ukraine and stressed that any settlement to the war must involve …

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Russia’s Ryabkov says potential Putin-Trump summit is on the agenda

22 Nov 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The possibility of another meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump is on the agenda, a senior Russian diplomat has said. “I wouldn’t rule anything out,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview for the state-owned International Affairs magazine, published on Saturday. “The search for a way …

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Any Ukraine peace plan must be accepted in Kyiv, says Polish president

22 Nov 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) -Any peace plan for Ukraine must be accepted in Kyiv, Polish President Karol Nawrocki said, after the U.S. signalled to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Ukraine must accept a U.S.-drafted framework to end its conflict with Russia. Washington’s 28-point plan calls on Ukraine to cede territory, accept limits on its military and renounce ambitions …

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French lawmakers reject income part of budget bill as it heads to Senate

22 Nov 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -The French lower house rejected parts of the 2026 budget bill on Saturday, leaving open whether the politically fragmented parliament, under pressure from investors to reduce a budget deficit, can strike a deal before the end of the year. After the rejection of the income part of the budget – which deals with …

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COP30 climate summit deadlocked as EU rejects draft deal

22 Nov 2025

By Kate Abnett, Lisandra Paraguassu, William James and Sudarshan Varadhan BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -The outcome of Brazil’s COP30 climate summit was left hanging in the balance, with the European Union refusing to accept a draft deal it said would fail to advance global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change. The two-week conference …

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Ukraine faces ‘difficult choice’ as Trump demands acceptance of peace plan

22 Nov 2025

By Tom Balmforth and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned on Friday that Ukraine risked losing its dignity and freedom — or Washington’s backing — over a U.S. peace plan that endorses key Russian demands, a proposal Donald Trump said Kyiv should accept within a week.  The U.S. president told Fox News Radio …

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Russia says it has taken string of east Ukrainian villages

22 Nov 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had captured a string of frontline settlements in eastern Ukraine, a claim Kyiv has either denied or declined to acknowledge. The ministry said that four settlements in the Donetsk region, the focal point of Russia’s westward push, were now under its control, including Yampil, …

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Exclusive-US threatens to cut intel, weapons to press Ukraine into peace deal, sources say

22 Nov 2025

By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -The United States has threatened to cut intelligence sharing and weapons supplies for Ukraine to press it into agreeing to the framework of a U.S.-brokered peace deal, two people familiar with the matter said. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Kyiv was under greater pressure from Washington …

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