
Shaun Walker
Central and Eastern Europe Correspondent at The Guardian
Central & Eastern Europe Correspondent, The Guardian. The Illegals - a History of Russia's Most Audacious Spies (out April 2025) [email protected]
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3 days ago |
businessandamerica.com | Shaun Walker |Pjotr Sauer
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Vladimir Putin to meet in person for peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday and urged Russia to accept a 30-day truce, in a dramatic turn after a weekend of diplomatic flurry. His comments came after Donald Trump pressed him to agree “immediately” to Putin’s offer of negotiations this week with Russia. Zelenskyy upped the stakes by suggesting the enemies meet “personally”.
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3 days ago |
aol.co.uk | Shaun Walker |Pjotr Sauer
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Vladimir Putin to meet in person for peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday, in a dramatic gambit after a weekend of diplomatic flurry. His comments came after Putin rejected a demand from Ukraine and European allies to sign up to a 30-day ceasefire, but said Russia was ready for direct negotiations with Ukraine. Putin said delegations from the two countries should meet on Thursday in Turkey.
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4 days ago |
businessandamerica.com | Shaun Walker
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland have travelled to Kyiv and, together with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, made a joint phone call to Donald Trump to discuss plans for a peace settlement. Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz arrived in the Ukrainian capital on the same train on Saturday morning, while Donald Tusk travelled on a separate train. The leaders met Zelenskyy for talks in central Kyiv.
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4 days ago |
theguardian.com | Amy Sedghi |Shaun Walker
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureSaturday’s visit to Kyiv is likely to focus more on finding a common western position on Ukraine to take to Donald Trump, as European leaders try their best to keep the US onside.
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4 days ago |
theguardian.com | Shaun Walker
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland have arrived in Kyiv for a symbolic visit to Ukraine, one day after Vladimir Putin hosted a set-piece military parade on Red Square. The visit comes as the US warned of intelligence about a big impending air attack on Ukraine. Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on the same train on Saturday morning, while Donald Tusk travelled on a separate train.
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Long-time Putin court reporter Andrei Kolesnikov says Putin held no consultations with aides etc on response to the ceasefire offer, but just sat alone and wrote it out late last night. (Don’t think Kolesnikov risks “guessing” such things so it’s probably the case) https://t.co/KnvtnJtcrQ

Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk will be arriving here in Kyiv tomorrow morning. Just as the US says it has intel of “potentially significant air attack that may occur at any time over the next several days” https://t.co/Vx0F17Ud1E

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