Ukraine

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the U.K. and its European allies should immediately deploy noncombat troops to Ukraine to show Russian President Vladimir Putin that Western nations are truly committed to the nation’s freedom and independence.

A report issued by Kenyan intelligence on Wednesday found that over a thousand Kenyans were recruited with false promises of good jobs in Russia, but then sent to fight on the bloody battlefields of Ukraine.

“Not fair” that President Trump more often calls on Ukraine to compromise than Russia, President Zelensky said amid “difficult” talks.

Sec. of State Marco Rubio said President Trump is “deeply committed” to the success of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia’s Black Sea ports, officials said Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year-old war.

Drone strikes killed one person in Ukraine and another in Russia, officials said Saturday, ahead of fresh talks next week aimed at ending the war.

Zelensky insisted “no one is clinging to power” and he is ready to hold elections, but no vote without a ceasefire and guarantees.

Ukrainian skeleton pilot Vladyslav Heraskevych, 27, was banned from the 2026 Winter Olympics on Thursday, just minutes before his event was due to begin, because he insisted on wearing a helmet covered with images of athletes killed by Russia’s invasion of his country.

Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities in overnight attacks, officials reported on Thursday.

Ukraine will hold simultaneous presidential elections and a peace deal referendum in the Spring, report claims.

A Russian drone smashed into a home in Ukraine´s northeastern Kharkiv region overnight, killing a father and his three small children.

Russian authorities said Sunday that the man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow was detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia, and they alleged he was working on behalf of Ukraine.

A Russian airstrike on a residential area in eastern Ukraine killed one person and wounded two, officials said Sunday, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the U.S. has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a peace deal.

The United States wants Ukraine and Russia to end their nearly four-year war by June, and has offered to host talks between the two sides in Florida next week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

A Western-sanctioned Russian military intelligence chief has been rushed to hospital after being repeatedly shot.

Trilateral talks resumed but the fundamental issues between Kyiv and Moscow which have prevented progress remain essentially unchanged. 

Chinese state media reported on Wednesday morning dictator Xi Jinping held a phone call with President Donald Trump, their first direct conversation since November.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that India has not indicated it will stop buying Russian oil, as claimed by President Donald Trump on Monday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that his government has followed the United States and European Union (EU) in designating Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

Russia fired around 450 long-range drones and 70 missiles of various types at Ukraine in a major attack overnight, Kyiv said.

Senior Kremlin security official Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released for publication on Monday the world is getting very dangerous and needs to calm down, adding Russia is an oasis of sanity and does not want a global conflict.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed 15 people, Ukrainian emergency services said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace

Emergency power cuts swept across several Ukrainian cities as well as neighboring Moldova on Saturday, officials said, amid a commitment from the Kremlin to U.S. President Donald Trump to pause strikes on Kyiv as Ukraine battles one of its bleakest winters in years.

No attacks on infrastructure overnight, Zelensky said, after Trump made a request to Putin to hold back missiles as severe weather arrives.

Putin was playing a game by inviting his counterpart to Moscow, Zelensky said, making an equally facetious reciprocal invitation to Kyiv. 

A Russian drone attack killed three people in Ukraine´s southern Zaporizhzhia region overnight, authorities said Thursday.

More than twice as many Russian soldiers killed than Ukrainians and the conflict is close to hitting two million casualties, analysis claims.

The European Council has voted to ban Russian gas, but with so many exemptions, the energy will likely flow for years to come. 

A heavy Russian drone bombardment of Ukraine´s southern city of Odesa killed at least two people and wounded 23.

Three parties to the weekend’s talks in the UAE have confirmed they agree to host more, even if the key areas of friction remain.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is “100% ready” after two days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia.

Ukraine and Russia ended two days of US-brokered direct talks on Saturday and agreed to hold more next week in Abu Dhabi, even as Kyiv accused Moscow of undermining the negotiations towards ending the war by launching fresh strikes.

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 31 overnight into Saturday as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were to meet in the United Arab Emirates for a second day of talks to end Russia´s nearly four-year full-scale invasion.

The Polish government is to “forgive and forget” citizens who broke the law by signing up for the Ukrainian armed forces.

Ukraine, Russia, and the United States are meeting for the first time under a new trilateral format to discuss possibilities for peace.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted the Europeans in his address to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. He thought the Europeans looked weak and pathetic in their efforts to alternately hector and wheedle President Donald Trump.