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The heads of the governments don’t generally wrangle when they meet, at least not in front of the cameras. But Friday’s meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was anything but. As the two leaders interrupted each other during the exchange, Trump fired off a series of blunt remarks to Zelenskyy—'You don’t have the cards right now'; 'You’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel'; 'You’re gambling with World War III'; 'What you’re doing is very disrespectful to this country'; and the like. U.S. Vice President JD Vance, also present, demanded that Zelensky show more gratitude for years of U.S. support.

Following the exchange, Zelenskyy was reportedly asked to leave the White House, and a planned press conference between the two leaders was cancelled.

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This comes as Trump has repeatedly voiced frustration over the scale of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, and has said he wants European countries to spend more on security assistance to Ukraine. The key issue now is whether Trump will move to curtail U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine. While he previously suggested in December that he might scale down military aid upon taking office, that is yet to happen. Since January 2022, Ukraine has received approximately $407 billion in aid, with the U.S. alone providing over $118 billion.

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The hopes of a medal were not misplaced, Sindhu was there again eyeing a hat-trick of medals, the ever-tenacious HS Prannoy (men's singles) had finally made it to his debut Olympics, and Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto (women's doubles) seemed in decent form.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, Ukraine appears to be losing. According to the UN Human Rights Office, more than 40,000 civilians have been killed or injured in Ukraine during the conflict. Among the confirmed deaths,7jogos slots at least 6,203 were adult men and 669 were children.

Military losses are harder to verify, as both Russia and Ukraine tightly control information and often release figures that differ widely from independent assessments. Estimates suggest that more than 800,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or severely wounded, making this one of Russia’s deadliest conflicts since World War II.

The war has also displaced millions. Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homes, either to other parts of Ukraine or other countries. According to the UN’s refugee agency, as of late 2024, over 6.3 million Ukrainian refugees are living in Europe, including about 1.2 million in Germany and nearly a million in Poland.

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Territorially, since the 2022 invasion, Ukraine has lost control of about 11 per cent per cent of its land, according to CNN analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War, a US-based conflict monitor. When taking into account land already lost to Russia and Russian-backed separatists, the total land Ukraine has lost to Russia since 2014 is about 20 per cent. Ukrainian forces hold a small portion of Russian land seized in a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region in August 2024.

With no end in sight, the fighting remains intense in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have regained control of Toretsk, a key town in Donetskfozbet, while intense clashes continue around the town of Pokrovsk. The town is considered a gateway to some of the most heavily fortified areas still under Ukraine’s control in the region. In other parts of eastern Ukraine, Russian troops are advancing slowly and making small territorial gains.