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First visit since Russia claimed to have routed the counter-invasion, accusing Ukrainian troops of acting like “Neo-Nazis”.

A second man was charged Tuesday over a series of fires that targeted properties linked to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, police said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared in a statement following a conversation with President Donald Trump on Monday that his country “is ready for a full and unconditional ceasefire,” asserting that Russia, the invading country, must be convinced to agree to one.

Russia’s state statistical agency, Rosstat, reported on Friday that first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth was only 1.4 percent, a steep decline from 4.5 percent growth in the last quarter of 2024.

Trump will speak with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine on Monday. The Kremlin confirms their conversation is fixed for 10AM Eastern. 

Vice President JD Vance greeted Pope Leo XIV on Sunday for the Catholic leader’s inaugural mass in Vatican City, accompanied by his wife, second lady Usha Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette Rubio.

During Sunday’s Mass of Inauguration, Pope Leo XIV called for a “united Church” to foster peace throughout the world and for the faithful to “walk towards God and love one another”.

Russia overnight into Sunday launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, after the first direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv in years failed to yield a ceasefire.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will speak to Russia’s Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Monday aimed at bringing peace to Ukraine.

A Russian drone on Saturday hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, killing nine people and injuring seven, Ukrainian officials said, hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years that failed to yield a ceasefire.

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met in Turkey on Friday for the first time since 2022, but progress appeared limited by mid-afternoon.

Ukrainian national arrested over three suspected arson attacks involving properties connected to the Prime Minister has appeared in court.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Russia would make “adjustments” in its demands to Ukraine “due to developments on the ground,” a vague declaration following the Kremlin’s confirmation that strongman Vladimir Putin would reject Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call to meet in person.

Progress on Russia-Ukraine peace talks will depend on a leaders meeting with President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump said. 

Hollywood appears to be relenting in its boycott of the Russian film market despite past claims of supporting Ukraine with a policy of punishing Russia for its invasion.

Three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland on suspicion of agreeing to send parcels containing explosive or incendiary devices from Germany to Ukraine, apparently at the behest of people acting for Russia, German prosecutors said Wednesday.

The Kremlin has refused to confirm who’s going to Turkey and whether it will include Putin while Ukraine has said that Zelensky will only sit down with the Russian leader.

A United Nations (U.N.) agency ruled Monday that Russia was responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014 over Ukraine.

The 78th Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday at the famed French seaside resort with elite performers lining up to fawn over each other – and Robert De Niro. Ukraine will also be flattered with a salute of its own.

Ukraine laid out its pre-negotiation demands for this week’s talks, saying there must be a ceasefire before they begin.

Russia launched 10 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday.

White House senior adviser and assistant to the president Steve Witkoff told Breitbart News exclusively that he hopes a peace summit where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in person to negotiate the end of the war in Ukraine comes soon.

Emmanuel Macron and his globalist allies are essentially cosplaying as warriors and risk “fomenting war” rather than achieving peace in Ukraine, French opposition leader Marine Le Pen warned over the weekend.

Macron’s office decried “disinformation” after grainy footage showed him self-consciously snatching small white object from conference table.

The Vatican and President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Monday that Pope Leo XIV had spoken with the Ukrainian head of state, offering support to find an end to the ongoing invasion of his country.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said he would be willing to “personally” meet with Vladimir Putin for peace talks in Istanbul next week, but he continued to demand that a ceasefire be established before negotiations begin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday welcomed Russia’s offer for direct peace talks, but insisted there must be a full, temporary ceasefire in place before negotiations can start.

Ukraine and its allies are ready for a “full, unconditional ceasefire” with Russia for at least 30 days starting on Monday, Ukrainian FM Andrii Sybiha said Saturday.

The Communist Party of Russia on Thursday unveiled a bust of brutal dictator Josef Stalin in the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol.

WASHINGTON — Steve Witkoff, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump and key negotiator for the president on a number of fronts worldwide, told Breitbart News exclusively this week that the president prefers diplomacy over military intervention when available as an option to solve a conflict.

Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping held an extended private meeting and press event alongside Russian strongman Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday in which he declared that China and Russia were ready to “safeguard the global multilateral trading system,” presumably from President Donald Trump.

Ukraine’s Parliament unanimously voted in favor of ratifying of a landmark minerals deal with the U.S. on Thursday afternoon, a lawmaker said.

WASHINGTON–Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the Trump administration wants to see Russian and Ukrainian officials agree to a meeting as “the next big step” in trying to end the war between the countries.

Socialist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reportedly departed for an official visit to Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday in which local outlets report that he will once again pursue a mediator role between his hosts and Ukraine.