US plans to reopen embassy in Kyiv after threat of Russian attack
Ukraine reportedly launches first strike on Russia with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles
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Ukrainian embassy criticises Sinn Féin manifesto call for end to arms supply
Party said ‘all sides must cease the current unlimited supply of weapons’ into Ukraine, which was invaded in 2022 by Russia
EU spending ‘too long’ hesitating on support for Ukraine, says foreign affairs chief
Foreign ministers reject proposal for EU to suspend ‘political dialogue’ with Israel over war in Gaza
Ukraine: Russian missile and drone barrage kills seven and causes ‘severe damage’ to power grid
Kyiv fears US president-elect Donald Trump will press for quick and unfavourable peace deal with Moscow
Russian missiles target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Kyiv says air attack is a rebuke to western leaders who believe Kremlin is open to peace talks
Donald Trump’s victory is welcomed in Moscow – but warily
Russians find it easier to understand president-elect than other US politicians. ‘Trump is a palace guy. And Russians like palaces’
Zelenskiy says Ukraine must try to ensure war with Russia ends next year through diplomacy
President notes that US legislation prevents him from meeting president-elect Donald Trump before January inauguration
Trump’s treatment of Zelenskiy as a spoiled child does not bode well for Ukraine
Elon Musk’s participation in Donald Trump’s post-election telephone call to Volodymyr Zelenskiy from Mar-a-Lago was chilling, because two years ago Musk tweeted a 'peace plan' for Ukraine that espoused Vladimir Putin’s demands
Book reviews: Punishing Putin; Single at Heart; The Fate of Mary Rose
A trio of compelling reads which run from the Ukraine invasion through the personal and to the curiousity of true crime
Ukraine says eastern town of Kupiansk still in its hands despite Russian attacks
Moscow courts dole out long jail terms for anti-war actions and comments
The Irish Times view on Trump and Ukraine: Change of course is ahead
It has become an article of faith among many Republicans that the era of the US acting as the world’s policeman is over
‘A charismatic and temperamental man’: Ukrainians hope ‘unpredictable’ Trump will prove an unlikely ally
Kyiv and Moscow have praised incoming US leader who claims he can end their war in one day
Ukraine rushes to congratulate Trump amid deep fears he could end US support in war with Russia
Kremlin responds more cautiously to victory of populist who has pledged to end war in one day
‘We’re in uncharted territory’: Why the forgotten threat of nuclear war presents real and present danger
With the Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight, the US and Russia’s Cold War stand-off seems quaint in retrospect
How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying: Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko’s Fight for Ukraine by Lara Marlowe - nuanced, frank, remarkable
A careful and pointed portrait of sentiment in wartime Ukraine that shows the country is not quite as it is viewed in the West
Diplomatic success for Putin was also demonstration of Brics dynamism
Kazan Declaration reflects the grievances and aspirations shared by the disparate countries that are part of Brics
Turkey: Five killed, 22 wounded in ‘terror attack’ on aviation company
Country’s interior minister says two attackers killed in incident near Ankara where witnesses heard explosion and gunfire
Xi tells Putin the world is in chaos but friendship with Russia will endure
China and Russia’s presidents pledge ‘new era’ of strategic partnership
US announces $400m in new arms support for Ukraine in show of support ahead of US election
Visit by US defence secretary to meet Zelenskiy focused on assisting Kyiv as Russia slowly makes gains in east of country
‘Without a free Ukraine there will be no free Belarus’: Russian defeat key to region’s future, say Belarusian fighters
Anti-Lukashenko Belarusians see war in Ukraine as prelude to liberation of their homeland
Putin and Netanyahu are both on barbaric crusades. Why is our response to each man so different?
The broad similarities between the Ukrainian and Palestinian conflicts pose a serious challenge for the global community, with many countries open to the charge of hypocrisy
Alexei Navalny predicted he would die in Russian prison, memoir shows
Navalny was Putin’s most prominent foe and relentlessly campaigned against corruption in Russia
US foreign policy is too volatile to lead the world
It’s not hard to suspect that both Binyamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin are holding out for a Trump re-election
Overseas intelligence agencies’ following well worn playbook for recruiting in Ireland
‘Influence operations’ by Russia and China are not uncommon as reports allege an Oireachtas member is working as an asset for Russian security services
Russian missiles target Ukrainian capital and airfield as Crimea oil terminal burns
Moscow fights cyberattack on state media and jails American (72) for fighting for Ukraine
Ukraine’s weariness with the West grows as war enters new phase: ‘People are tired, but we have no choice’
Ukraine is outnumbered, outgunned and sees the West’s commitment withering. As Ukrainian’s face another long winter, appetite for war is waning
Ukraine urges Pokrovsk residents to flee as Russian forces near strategic eastern city
Pentagon rejects Kyiv’s complaints over missile supplies and air-defence assistance
Ukraine fends off Russian drone barrage as Kremlin vows to achieve ‘all goals’ of invasion
Nato outgoing chief Jens Stoltenberg urges West not to fear ‘reckless Russian nuclear rhetoric’
The Week That Was at the UN General Assembly: Jennifer Bray’s New York diary
Micheal D Higgins, Simon Harris and Micheál Martin make headlines with comments on homelessness and immigration, Israel and Iran, a trip to Washington and time spent with Meryl Streep
Kremlin says it will achieve war aims as Ukraine says peace ‘closer than we think’
Russian forces advance in east and hit Kharkiv and other cities with deadly air strikes
Russia and Iran sign partnership agreement
Deal lays out two decades of co-operation in political, defence, regional and international affairs
Ukraine: Russian bomb injures at least 30 civilians in attack on Kharkiv residential building
Kyiv’s troops suffering high losses because western arms arriving too slowly to equip armed forces properly, says Zelenskiy
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