Ukraine crisis

Summit rests on stance taken by Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever

Plan would allow EU governments use up to €165bn of Russian assets without confiscating them

Hennadiy Trukhanov is viewed by many Ukrainians as someone who embodies the worst of Odesa – pro-Russian and corrupt

Key figures at depository among targets of campaign, say European intelligence agencies

Taoiseach would be wise to pay attention to the end of The Grinch on the eve of the Dáil Christmas recess

Emerging from this summit empty-handed would be hugely damaging to Europe’s standing in new world of ‘wars and predators’

Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech

The chancellor had previously said it was possible to foresee German soldiers helping maintain a peace agreement

Kyiv likely to seek maritime security guarantees from West as part of any peace deal with Russia   

US officials say ‘90%’ of issues between two countries resolved after two days of talks in Berlin

European defence stocks dip amid hopes for Ukraine peace deal

Territory nearly twice the size of Ireland is thought to be contaminated with mines and other explosives

Fnnish prime minister calls for more money for frontline states ahead of first summit of countries bordering Russia

Yuliia Riabova moved to Ireland by herself in April 2023 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

European leaders say proposed security guarantees agreed with US include a Ukrainian peacetime army of 800,000 troops and European-led military support force

Failing to produce the goods on huge package of financial aid to Kyiv would be hugely damaging for Europe

Government moving ‘quickly’ on legislation to remove need for UN mandate for peacekeeping missions

Move aimed at advancing peace talks in Berlin

Move marks major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join Nato as safeguard against Russian attacks

Drones were probably meant as a reminder from Russia of the ominous costs of continued EU support for Kyiv

Kyiv and European allies seek to strengthen their hand as Washington-led peace talks reach critical phase

Devices sighted in skies of Dublin Bay on night Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in State

Changes to Russian sanctions rollover tees up bloc leaders' summit next week

Move backed by Brussels would transform the bloc’s approach to admitting new members

The British leader pledged ‘peace in our time’ after appeasing a tyrant – will history repeat itself?

Questions emerge over how vital security information was shared as anti-drone tech included in €1.7bn defence package

Too many in military alliance do not feel ‌the ​urgency ‍of Russia’s threat in Europe, says Mark Rutte

The Donbas region is at the centre of US-led efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine

Airborne devices appeared in Dublin Bay, close to flight path of Ukrainian president’s plane

Donald Trump’s administration wants to erase the achievements of European integration and destroy the project

McEntee to launch €1.7bn expenditure on defence projects with military radar programme set as main priority

No member state has disabled or downed such aerial devices with recent exception of France, Dáil hears

Kyiv to discuss future security guarantees with ‘coalition of the willing’ states

Economic and Social Research Institute says there is no clear reason why prices are so high

Moscow increases battlefield pressure on Ukraine as talks on US peace push intensify

Taoiseach says incident fits in with ‘pattern’ of similar disruption in across Continent

Painful choices in Russia talks over Ukraine should not be left to US, while China’s status as a strategic rival deserves another look as Trump targets the EU

Kyiv readies ‘refined’ peace plan proposals amid intense diplomacy around Europe

Naval officers on LÉ William Butler Yeats felt rules of engagement in place meant they could not open fire

UK prime minister meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France and Germany in Downing Street to discuss US-led peace initiative