Russia-Ukraine

After almost five hours of discussions in Moscow, Putin’s aide Ushakov says contacts between Russia and the US will continue over reaching an agreed-upon peace plan for the two countries

'If Europe wants to fight a war, we are ready now; European demands are not acceptable to Russia,' Putin says

Putin's advisor says they are in contact with the US regarding the peace plan, "but there have been no serious discussions at the table;" Ukraine says there are still significant gaps in proposal

Reuters publishes on Wednesday that the US peace plan for Ukraine was reportedly drawn from a Russian "non-document"

Bloomberg publishes a transcript from the phone call between Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Putin, the day after Trump spoke at the Knesset following the successful Gaza deal

Russia, which launched the invasion nearly four years ago, has yet to issue any public response

US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll arrived in the UAE on Monday for talks with Ukraine’s military intelligence chief and a Russian delegation

US officials say the talks will be 'a flexible negotiation' despite conflicting claims over the proposal's interests and source - report

“Ending a complex and deadly war such as the one in Ukraine requires an extensive exchange of serious and realistic ideas,” Rubio said Wednesday

The death toll in Ternopil, western Ukraine, has now risen to 16, local police say

Trump’s post comes after the recent flight of multiple Russian drones into Poland, widely perceived an escalatory move by Russia as it was entering the airspace of a NATO ally

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky also said at least eight “Shahed” drones had been aimed toward Poland; Ukraine was attacked by 415 drones and 40 Russian missiles overnight

For the first time since the start of the war, the Ukranian government's main building in Kyiv was hit by Russia's largest airstrike on Kiev, igniting a fire near the PM's office

Russian President Putin sent a handwritten letter to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman concerning bilateral relations between Moscow and Riyadh

According to the report, the move was intended to allow the White House to advance diplomatic talks with the Kremlin

Trump says Putin-Zelensky meeting to be arranged, and Zelensky says security guarantees to Ukraine will be worked out in the next 10 days

The statement is at variance with the demands of Ukraine and its European allies, yet echoes previous remarks by Putin that Russia is not interested in a temporary truce

The unusually brief bilateral summit winded down in a relatively muted manner despite grandiose opening

Zelensky slams bilateral summit, saying it can only produce 'stillborn, unworkable' decisions

According to sources, the proposed meetings would involve only the three presidents, Trump, Putin, and Zelensky, without participation from any European counterparts

The strikes came just days after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a ten-day ultimatum to Russia to halt its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

A barrage of Russian drones killed at least one person and caused multiple fires in Ukrainian capital Kyiv, city officials announced

“If there’s no deal, we’re hitting them with tariffs — very severe, 100% tariffs,” Trump said in reference to Russia

In a recording reviewed by CNN dating to 2024, Trump apparently told donors he threatened 'to bomb the sh*t out of Moscow' in response to a Russian invasion