French leader says world will question whether Europe and the US ‘are still able to preserve territorial integrity and sovereignty’

In an interview, University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer blames the West for the war in Ukraine, and says a peaceful solution is unlikely. The West's past mistakes mean Europe may face new wars,

Poland is set to hold a presidential runoff election on Sunday between two candidates offering starkly different visions for the country’s future. The winner will succeed President Andrzej Duda, a conservative who is finishing his second and final term.

German leader Merz confirms Kyiv can now target Russian military positions with long-range weapons from Western allies.

The secretary of state stressed on Sunday that President Donald Trump must speak with his Russian counterpart to secure a deal.

A statement from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on May 26 about long-range strikes inside Russia resurrected a long-held hope in Ukraine — that Berlin is finally about to send Kyiv its Taurus missiles.

Germany has given Ukraine the green light to strike targets inside Russia using long-range weapons supplied by Berlin, in a decision that signals a notable hardening of Western resolve as the war grinds on.

There are "no longer any range restrictions on weapons delivered to Ukraine," Germany's new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said on Monday.

MOSCOW/KYIV, - The United States and Russia quarrelled in public on Wednesday over the intensifying Ukraine war after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that President Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" and Moscow massed 50,000 troops near a Ukrainian region.

That officer was John Ronning, now 71, of Baltimore. A self-described lifelong Republican, he’s one of five Marylanders featured in Republicans for Ukraine, a national coalition launched by Defending Democracy Together, a nonprofit advocacy group founded by prominent conservatives, including William Kristol and Mona Charen.