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Monday, August 18
Rubio denies European leaders coming to White House to 'keep Zelensky from being bullied'
"Oh, this is such a stupid media narrative that they're coming here tomorrow because Trump is going to bully Zelensky into a bad deal," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS.
Monday, August 18
Ukraine's long-range Flamingo cruise missile enters serial production, media reports
The domestically developed cruise missile has a reported range of 3,000 km (1,864 miles). The military has not yet publicly commented on the official technical specifications.
As Zelensky travels to Washington for peace talks, Russia strikes Ukraine with ballistic missiles
Russia launched a wave of missile attacks towards Ukrainian cities late on Aug. 17, mere hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet for peace talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Russia seeks 'Ukraine's surrender, not peace,' Macron says ahead of talks with Trump
"I don’t believe (Russian President Vladimir) Putin wants peace, Macron told reporters after co-chairing a meeting of the coalition of the willing. "I believe he wants Ukraine’s surrender."
'Negotiation can begin where the front line currently stands' — Zelensky says ahead of meeting with Trump
"We need real negotiations, and that means they can begin where the front line currently stands. The line of contact is the best line for negotiations," Zelensky wrote on social media following a meeting with members of the so-called "coalition of the willing."
US officials provide contradictory statements on security guarantees, fueling uncertainty ahead of Trump-Zelensky meeting
In comments to various media networks on Aug. 17, Russia envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the outcomes stemming from the Trump-Putin meeting, providing differing accounts of the progress made towards providing Kyiv with security guarantees.
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Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless. Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold. On our screens, a blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a royal welcome in the land of the free — as his attack drones headed for our cities. In the lead-up to the meeting in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump declared he wanted a “ceasefire today” and that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would face “severe consequences” if he didn't go for it. Yet
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As Putin, Trump debate Ukraine's future borders, Donetsk Oblast residents are split on what they would accept to end the war
