In August, U.S. President Donald Trump was disappointed when a meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to produce a breakthrough in ending the war in Ukraine. “We didn’t get there,” Trump acknowledged at the time. Putin had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ukraine is celebrating its 34th Independence Day on Aug. 24, 2025. To mark the occasion, we've asked the staff of the Kyiv Independent to share their favourite fact about Ukrainian ...

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, the embattled country has received varying degrees of support from the U.S. in its efforts to stave off Russia. On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to end ...

It hardly seemed like good news for Ukraine when Donald Trump won in November, but the reality has been worse than most expected. While pursuing a thus-far illusory Russia/Ukraine cease-fire, Trump labeled Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator,” embraced ...

Security guarantees have become a central focus in discussions about a peace deal for Ukraine, with the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky saying at the White House Monday that they are the “key issue, a starting point for ending the war.” Zelensky knows that in the long run, Russia’s superior numbers and weaponry will grind down Ukrainian resistance. So he has long insisted that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Vice President JD Vance in April openly praised the Trump administration's decision to halt direct U.S. weapons transfers to Ukraine — a statement that drew criticism and ...

Perched atop the Black Sea, Ukraine (“borderland”) is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, covering more than 230,000 square miles. It is bordered by Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. Experts say Donald Trump has a poor understanding of the history and causes of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Several times over the last two weeks, President Trump has reversed his Ukraine policy, veering wildly between his default position of flattering and making concessions to Vladimir Putin to pressuring him for some flexibility on a ceasefire. Trump may not ...