The United States is pushing back against language in a Group of Seven statement portraying Russia as the aggressor in its ongoing war in Ukraine, the Financial Times reported Friday, citing sources close to the matter.

This is an audio transcript of the Rachman Review podcast episode: ‘Ukraine weathers new geopolitical climate’ Gideon Rachman Hello and welcome to the Rachman Review. I’m Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator of the Financial Times.

The talks between Russia and the US over negotiating the end of the Ukraine war make the front of several newspapers. The Financial Times calls it an "extraordinary turn of events in a matter of days",

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Why Trump wants Ukraine’s minerals’ Marc Filippino Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Wedn

An economic partnership between Ukraine and the U.S. would benefit both countries, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote in an opinion piece for the Financial Times on Saturday.

Although I could see the need for Ukraine to cut a deal with the US for continued support, the idea of monetising natural resources in this way struck me as all too akin to the offer to buy Greenland, or turn Gaza into a resort. This is how autocrats do business. And deals with them never end well.

But Trump has given no indication he is prepared to offer assistance to ensure any agreement holds. European promises to re-arm — the president has been telling the continent to stop freeriding on US guarantees for the best part of a decade — may have come too late.

After the verbal assault on Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Donald Trump and his vice-president JD Vance, Ukraine was facing catastrophe. The obvious risk was that Trump would work with Vladimir Putin to force an isolated Ukraine to accept a de facto Russian victory.

Let’s be clear, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is horrible. For 11 years, I have documented the war’s cost. With the full-scale invasion three years ago, my organisation established a network of human rights defenders to record mass atrocities — from the dead on the streets in Bucha to the mass graves in Izium.

The biggest tests for Europe are whether it can collectively guarantee a durable peace in Ukraine and ensure its own security. On the first objective, leaders made some progress yesterday, writes Paola Tamma.