The Petersburg Post

Monday, Dec 29th, 2025 - Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Monday that he had asked for security guarantees for up to 50 years for Ukraine. The current 20-point peace plan envisaged guarantees for 15 years, he said. Zelenskyy said he plans to meet with European leaders in the coming days to discuss the proposals. US President Donald Trump gestures as he greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he arrives for a meeting ...

Monday, Dec 29th, 2025 - HONG KONG — China 's military on Monday dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint military drills around the island of Taiwan , a move Beijing called a "stern warning" against separatist and "external interference" forces. Taiwan said it was placing its forces on alert and called the Chinese government "the biggest destroyer of peace." The drills came after Beijing expressed anger at U.S. arms ...

Monday, Dec 29th, 2025 - JERUSALEM — Three months ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Donald Trump as the "greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House." But that friendship — and Netanyahu's powers of persuasion — will be tested Monday at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, where the Israeli leader will meet a US president with increasingly diverging views on practically every Middle East hot spot. For ...