1+ week, 4+ day ago (352+ words) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the heads of government of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Moscow, Russia November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool Published'Nov 19, 2025, 06:13 PM Updated'Nov 19, 2025, 06:17 PM MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Wednesday played down an Axios report that the United States was working on a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine and said there were no new developments to announce since an August summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Trump's efforts to broker an end to the Ukraine war, the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two, have so far failed and he last month abruptly cancelled a planned summit with Putin in Budapest. Trump clashed in the Oval Office with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in February, but has recently expressed disappointment and frustration with Putin, though…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (636+ words) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arriving to board a flight to Canada on Nov 11 for the G-7 foreign ministers' meeting. Published'Nov 12, 2025, 04:53 AM NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Canada - Group of 7 (G-7) foreign ministers were gathering in Canada on Nov 11 for talks expected to focus on Ukraine, as the club of industrialised democracies seeks a path towards ending the four-year-old conflict. Options to fund Kyiv's war needs against invasion by Russia could feature prominently at the talks in Canada's Niagara region on the US border. The diplomats are meeting after US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on Moscow's two largest oil companies in October, slamming Russian President Vladimir Putin over his refusal to end the conflict. slapped sanctions on Moscow's two largest oil companies Mr Trump has also pushed other European countries to stop buying oil that he says funds Moscow's war machine. Ukraine is enduring…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (484+ words) Ukraine's Minister of Energy German Galushchenko attends a panel discussion at the Future of Energy Security Summit, hosted by the International Energy Agency and UK Government at Lancaster House in London, Britain April 24, 2025. JUSTIN TALLIS/Pool via REUTERS Published'Nov 12, 2025, 08:46 PM KYIV - Ukraine suspended a cabinet minister on Wednesday pending an investigation into an alleged $100 million energy procurement kickback scheme, as public anger over corruption shakes faith in the wartime government. Anti-corruption authorities said this week they had detained five people and identified two others still at large, suspected of involvement in the alleged scheme to control procurement at nuclear agency Energoatom and other state enterprises. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Justice Minister German Galushchenko, who had previously served as energy minister, would be suspended during the investigation. Galushchenko has not been identified as one of the seven suspects announced this…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (527+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was reported to be stunned and furious when the scandal involving his former business partner came to light. Published'Nov 14, 2025, 02:52 AM KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Nov 13 ordered sanctions on a former business partner at the heart of a corruption scandal that has sparked outrage in a nation exhausted by nearly four years of war. The sanctions on Mr Zelensky's alleged friend came a day after he asked two ministers to resign, an attempt to distance himself from allies implicated in a massive money-laundering scheme. Anti-graft authorities said the scheme saw US$100 million (S$130 million) in funds syphoned off from the energy sector, which has been battered by Moscow's attacks, resulting in devastating power outages. battered by Moscow's attacks, resulting in devastating power outages. Investigators had named Timur Mindich, a 46-year-old businessman known to have close…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (562+ words) Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov 4. Published'Nov 04, 2025, 11:34 PM Updated'Nov 04, 2025, 11:41 PM BEIJING - China and Russia pledged a joint response to unilateral sanctions during a visit by Russia's Prime Minister, as Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed Beijing's commitment to advancing ties with Moscow despite "turbulent" external conditions. "Both sides will make every necessary effort to carry out mutual assistance and cooperation in opposing unilateral coercive measures," Beijing and Moscow said in a joint communique released by China's foreign ministry on Nov 4 after a meeting between Premier Li Qiang and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin the day earlier. meeting between Premier Li Qiang and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin "Any unilateral coercive measures taken by any country or group of countries bypassing UN Security Council resolutions are illegal,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (726+ words) Published'Nov 14, 2025, 05:55 PM NOVOROSSIYSK, Russia - Ukrainian drones attacked Russia's giant Black Sea port of Novorossiysk on Nov 14, prompting a state of emergency, as Moscow launched a massive air strike on Kyiv that killed four and damaged several residential buildings. massive air strike on Kyiv Falling drone debris caused a fire at the Russian depot located at Transneft PJSC's Sheskharis oil terminal, the regional emergency service said on Telegram early on Nov 14. The blaze was put out after more than 50 units of firefighting equipment were deployed at the site, the authorities said, but provided no details on the damage. Novorossiysk Mayor Andrey Kravchenko announced the state of emergency on Telegram. Transneft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the situation at the facility. Global benchmark Brent spiked as much as 3 per cent in a rapid move towards US$65 a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago (497+ words) Ukrainian artillerymen unloading shells for an M114 self-propelled howitzer, near the front-line city of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Oct 14. Published'Nov 03, 2025, 11:56 PM Updated'Nov 04, 2025, 12:41 AM MOSCOW/KYIV - Russia said on Nov 3 that its troops had advanced in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that they have been trying to capture for over a year, but Ukraine said its forces were holding on. The Russian Defence Ministry said its soldiers were destroying what it described as surrounded Ukrainian formations near Pokrovsk's railway station and industrial zone, and had entered the city's Prigorodny area and dug in there. Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield reports. The Ukrainian military said Russian troops were not in full control of any district of the city. "The invaders continue to attack in small groups of up to five soldiers, without using…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (603+ words) Published'Nov 13, 2025, 01:13 AM KYIV - Ukraine's energy and justice ministers offered their resignations on Nov 12, shortly after President Volodymyr Zelensky said both should go over their alleged involvement in a sweeping corruption scandal in the country's energy sector. Investigators earlier alleged a key Zelensky ally orchestrated a US$100 million (S$130 million) kickback scheme to siphon funds, triggering public anger at a time of widespread power outages caused by Russian attacks. widespread power outages caused by Russian attacks. Ukraine has long been plagued by corruption and cracking down on graft is seen as a key requirement of its bid to join the European Union. Mr Zelensky said his Justice Minister German Galushchenko, whom investigators allege was involved in the scheme and received "personal benefits, as well as Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk, should tender their resignations. Neither is known to have been charged and…...

7+ hour, 22+ min ago (667+ words) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (centre left), flanked by White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr Jared Kushner, during a meeting with Ukrainian officials headed by national security council secretary Rustem Umerov (centre right) in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Published'Dec 01, 2025, 12:19 AM Updated'Dec 01, 2025, 06:34 AM ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - US President Donald Trump on Nov 30 said there was a "good chance" of a Russia-Ukraine peace deal following the latest US-Ukraine talks in Florida, but cautioned that a corruption scandal roiling Kyiv was not helpful. "Ukraine's got some difficult little problems," he told reporters aboard Air Force One, referring to a corruption probe that recently forced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sack his chief of staff and top negotiator. "But I think that there's a good chance we can make a deal."Earlier in the day, US and Ukrainian officials held what…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (156+ words) German Galushchenko speaks at the Recovery Forum of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 in Berlin, Germany, June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Published'Nov 19, 2025, 09:14 PM KYIV - Ukraine's parliament voted on Wednesday to dismiss the energy and justice ministers after a major corruption investigation into the energy sector sparked the country's biggest wartime political crisis. The probe into an alleged $100 million scheme to control contracting at the state nuclear agency has stirred public anger at Ukraine's leadership as it struggles to fend off Russian forces. Justice Minister German Galushchenko, who served as energy minister from 2021 until 2025, and current Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk had both resigned earlier under pressure from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Both cabinet ministers deny any wrongdoing in the scandal. Opposition forces have called for tougher measures after news of the probe rattled Kyiv's political class, including a total government overhaul and the dismissal…...