Plus: Political battle shaping up between Texas, Florida{beacon}WASHINGTON is barreling toward a confrontation with Moscow, as tension grows between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir

EKA TKESHELASHVILI served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia during Mikheil Saakashvili’s presidency.

Ukraine announced Ambassador Oksana Markarova's departure Thursday following controversy and calls for her removal by House Speaker Mike Johnson.

President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Trump says Moscow’s ongoing war in Ukraine is “killing a lot of people” on both sides.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held "frank" discussions on Ukraine during Thursday's meeting, both sides said. The US criticised Moscow's lack of flexibility.

ROME (AP) — Italy is hosting the fourth annual conference on rebuilding Ukraine even as Russia escalates its war, inviting political and business leaders to Rome to promote public-private partnerships on defense, mining, energy and other projects as uncertainty grows about the U.S. commitment to Kyiv’s defense.

WASHINGTON — The US has resumed sending military aid to Ukraine after President Trump reversed a decision by the Pentagon to stop shipments of weapons the war-torn country needs to defend against Russia’s intense aerial assaults, according to US and Ukrainian officials.

After four years as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova is leaving Washington – a signal moment in the U.S.-Ukrainian relationship. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine early in 2022,

Countries prepared to provide troops for a future stabilization force in Ukraine have agreed to set up a headquarters in Paris to facilitate a rapid deployment after the war ends.