Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine Thursday. Kiev has confirmed war has broken out between Russia and Ukraine, and Moscow has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow insists on the international recognition of its hold over Crimea, as well as the entirety of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts, as a condition for peace talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Brazilian news outlet O Globo.
Pyongyang has confirmed for the first time that it sent troops to Russia to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine, and that its forces had contributed to taking back Russian territory held by Ukraine’s military in the Kursk region.
US President Donald Trump has stated he believes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared to cede Crimea to Russia as part of a ceasefire deal, as truce talks entered what Washington called a critical phase. The American leader urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "stop shooting" and agree to end the war sparked by Moscow’s 2022 invasion.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that President Donald Trump hasn’t yet imposed penalties on Russia over its ongoing war with Ukraine because the White House is still hoping diplomacy can end the war.
European officials are pressing Ukraine to accept the likelihood that it will be forced to agree to certain territorial concessions to Russia as part of a peace accord, the Washington Post reported, citing sources.
Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns demonstrate that the Russian leader Vladimir Putin may not be interested in ending the war, U.S. President Donald Trump has stated, repeating his threats of sanctions.
The Russian military has completely liberated the border Kursk Region from Ukrainian soldiers, President Vladimir Putin has stated after being briefed on the battlefield situation by General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov.
Kiev expects Washington to provide long-term security assistance modeled on the US relationship with Israel, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, after Ukraine’s European backers reportedly rejected several points of US President Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan.
Kiev and its European supporters have turned down President Donald Trump’s reported peace plan for the Ukraine conflict in several significant respects, according to a report by Reuters, citing the full texts of the US proposal and the response.
The Crimean Peninsula will remain a part of Russia under a final settlement of the Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump has stated in an interview with Time Magazine published on Friday.
Moscow reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if faced with 'unfriendly actions', Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has stated in an interview with TASS state news agency.
Europe will not support any U.S. move to recognize Russian control over occupied Crimea and will not pressure Ukraine to accept it, the Financial Times (FT) has reported, citing undisclosed Western officials.
At least nine people have been killed and more than 70 injured in Kyiv after Moscow carried out one of the most devastating air attacks against the war-torn country in months, with Kharkiv and other cities also targeted.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky clashed again on Wednesday on endeavours to end the three-year-old war in Ukraine, with the US leader chiding Zelensky for refusing to recognize Russia's occupation of Crimea.
Top diplomats of the United States, Ukraine, France, Germany and the United Kingdom have postponed a planned meeting in London, downgrading the negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine to discussions among their senior officials.
The European Union will never recognize the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula as legally Russian, the bloc's top diplomat Kaja Kallas told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has pushed back at the idea of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia as part of any potential peace accord, a day before American, European and Ukrainian officials are set for high-level talks in London.
Almost 60% of Americans think that U.S. President Donald Trump is costing their country its credibility on the global stage, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated he is open to the possibility of bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time in years, as pressure from the United States builds on both sides to agree to a quick peace accord.
The United States intends to assert control over the territory surrounding Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as part of a mediated agreement between Kiev and Moscow, according to the Wall Street Journal. The proposal is part of a reported package of options that the US expects Ukraine to respond to by the end of this week.
Russia and Ukraine will be able to "do big business" with the United States if they secure a peace agreement in the next week, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post.
Trump's comments come shortly after he threatened to pull U.S. support from the peace process altogether if either Russia or Ukraine caused negotiations to stall.
Ukraine and Russia blamed each other on Sunday for breaking a one-day Easter true announced by President Vladimir Putin, with both sides accusing the other of carrying out hundreds of attacks.
Washington is planning one more meeting between US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and senior Russian officials to get Moscow on board with its vision for peace in the Ukraine conflict, CNN has reported, citing an anonymous source.
If Russia is able to maintain a full ceasefire throughout Easter weekend, Ukraine would like to extend the truce for 30 days, President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated.
