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Pischane in Donetsk back under Kyiv’s control as Zelenskyy renews call for fighting to end ‘with a just and lasting peace’Ukraine has recaptured a village on the frontline in the country’s east, amid signs Russia’s advance may be slowing down and as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed his call for fighting to end “with a just and lasting peace”.On Sunday Ukrainian forces took back the village of Pischane, south-west of the city of Pokrovsk, military officials said. Russian units made rapid gains in the area in December and January, seizing a string of settlements that threatened to cut off Pokrovsk in

European papers express deep alarm at declaration of an ‘ideological war’, while the NYT says Putin may soon ‘realise his dream’This year’s Munich security conference exposed the chasm in core values separating the Trump administration from most Europeans and sparked deep alarm at US efforts to control the Ukraine peace process and exclude European governments from it.Here is what some of the main European and US newspapers had to say about it. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/16/the-us-is-ready-to-hand-russia-a-win-newspapers-on-europes-trump-shock Author : Jon Henley Europe correspondent Publish date : 2025-02-16 16:05:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Police in upstate New York say Sam Nordquist, 24, who was from Minnestoa, endured weeks of tortureFive people in New York have been charged with subjecting a transgender man from Minnesota to “repeated acts of violence and torture” before murdering him, according to police.The allegations come after the discovery of human remains believed to be those of Sam Nordquist, 24, in a field near Canandaigua in upstate New York on 13 February.Agence France-Presse contributed reporting Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/16/trans-man-new-york-five-charged-murder Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-02-16 14:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked