Ukraine crisis

Offer is closest Ukraine has come to addressing territorial disputes in Donetsk that have derailed peace talks

We can see with our own eyes how unmitigated ignorance, hatred and dehumanisation can turn a democratic country into a polarised hellscape in just a few years

As weapons production ramps up in the face of the Russian threat, assembly lines in Görlitz are switching from rail carriages to battle tanks

Despite peace-talks progress, Zelenskiy said attacks show Putin ‘cannot accept that he must stop killing’

No breakthrough during intense weekend of diplomacy involving US, Ukraine, Russia and Europe

New scheme for €90 billion loan to Kyiv is more straightforward and legally stable

Moscow is targeting vulnerable adults and even children to recruit them as potential killers, bombers and arsonists

Zelenskiy open to possibility of summit with Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump as negotiations continue in Miami

When our Minister for Justice implicitly endorses treating UK policy as a model for Ireland, we’re falling sway to toxic politics

EU expected to push for greater input into negotiations between US, Moscow and Kyiv after agreement on €90bn loan

President’s end-of-year press conference appears largely aimed at preparing country’s population for war to continue

‘He didn’t take the Belgian resistance seriously,’ says one observer of chancellor’s approach to EU summit

A tear that Hungary’s premier, Viktor Orban, has spent years pulling at in the EU tent has just got bigger

Crunch summit breaks up with agreement for EU loan to shore up Ukraine’s finances for next two years

Summit rests on stance taken by Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever

Plan would allow EU governments use up to €165bn of Russian assets without confiscating them

Hennadiy Trukhanov is viewed by many Ukrainians as someone who embodies the worst of Odesa – pro-Russian and corrupt

Key figures at depository among targets of campaign, say European intelligence agencies

Taoiseach would be wise to pay attention to the end of The Grinch on the eve of the Dáil Christmas recess

Emerging from this summit empty-handed would be hugely damaging to Europe’s standing in new world of ‘wars and predators’

Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech

The chancellor had previously said it was possible to foresee German soldiers helping maintain a peace agreement

Kyiv likely to seek maritime security guarantees from West as part of any peace deal with Russia   

US officials say ‘90%’ of issues between two countries resolved after two days of talks in Berlin

European defence stocks dip amid hopes for Ukraine peace deal

Territory nearly twice the size of Ireland is thought to be contaminated with mines and other explosives

Fnnish prime minister calls for more money for frontline states ahead of first summit of countries bordering Russia

Yuliia Riabova moved to Ireland by herself in April 2023 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

European leaders say proposed security guarantees agreed with US include a Ukrainian peacetime army of 800,000 troops and European-led military support force

Failing to produce the goods on huge package of financial aid to Kyiv would be hugely damaging for Europe

Government moving ‘quickly’ on legislation to remove need for UN mandate for peacekeeping missions

Move aimed at advancing peace talks in Berlin

Move marks major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join Nato as safeguard against Russian attacks

Drones were probably meant as a reminder from Russia of the ominous costs of continued EU support for Kyiv

Kyiv and European allies seek to strengthen their hand as Washington-led peace talks reach critical phase

Devices sighted in skies of Dublin Bay on night Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in State

Changes to Russian sanctions rollover tees up bloc leaders' summit next week

Move backed by Brussels would transform the bloc’s approach to admitting new members

The British leader pledged ‘peace in our time’ after appeasing a tyrant – will history repeat itself?

Questions emerge over how vital security information was shared as anti-drone tech included in €1.7bn defence package