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.
Istanbul, Turkey, appeared in position on Monday to host a historic restart of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine – and, potentially, leaders Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky – a coveted position that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan worked for years to establish.
Ukraine laid out its pre-negotiation demands for this week’s talks, saying there must be a ceasefire before they begin.
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.
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.
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.
Centre-right leader Merz is the new Chancellor of Germany on the second time of trying, ten weeks after an inconclusive national election.
A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv wounded 47 people, Ukraine said, while Russia claimed five were injured in strikes on Novorossiysk.
The U.S. hailed a new step, stating Ukraine was willing to “give up land”, but a top Eurocrat has called that unacceptable.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Ukraine has signed a “historic economic partnership agreement” with the United States that establishes the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund and allows the U.S. access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.
The communist government of North Korea confirmed on Monday that it had sent troops to fight against Ukrainian forces in Kursk, Russia, a border region that Ukraine attacked in August 2024 after two years of Russian invasion.
President expressed sympathy for Zelensky, who he says is now approaching negotiations with a “calmer” and better attitude.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky proclaimed that his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the funeral for Pope Francis has the “potential to become historic”.
All Ukrainian troops have been forced from Russia’s Kursk region, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
Even as talks progress and Trump says there is hope for a deal, Zelensky saying the Ukrainian constitution calls for total victory.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that Ukraine is “ready to purchase” more American-made Patriot missile systems from the United States, noting that it was a “top priority” for Ukraine to secure “air defense systems for Ukraine.”
President Donald Trump on Friday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to immediately sign a mineral deal with the United States.
President Donald Trump, who has stressed he wants the killing on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine War to stop, ripped Russia over missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Thursday morning.
Trump slammed Russia for launching a major air strike on the Ukrainian capital overnight, calling for a peace deal to get signed.
Volodymyr Zelensky surprised the U.S. President by being the more difficult of the two principals to negotiate with, Trump said
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Fox News Chief Political Analyst Brit Hume stated that Russia “hasn’t agreed to much of anything, except yes, he’d love to annex Crimea,” and so “I’m not exactly sure what the President’s
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected the peace deal framework reportedly proposed by the Trump administration of freezing the lines of the conflict and recognising Crimea as Russian territory.
Ukraine and Russia accused one another of using the Easter truce to cynically advance their military positions.
The U.S. will do whatever it takes to get peace in Ukraine as long as “either side or both” actually engage in the process, said Rubio.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday reported “good progress” on negotiations for a mineral rights deal between Ukraine and the United States.
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink says Russia attacked the Ukrainian city of Sumy with cluster munitions, killing dozens.
Zelensky stated others simply can’t understand what’s happening without witnessing it first-hand as he told Trump to come to Ukraine.
US envoy Steve Witkoff wrapped up his latest talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday, after President Donald Trump urged his Russian counterpart to move quicker to end what he said was the country’s “senseless war” with Ukraine.
Claims that China has become a belligerent in the Ukraine War are “absolutely groundless”, a Beijing spokesman claimed.
Zelensky says forces engaged squad of Chinese citizens inside the territory of Ukraine, implying this means Ukraine is now fighting China.
Russia should face “strong actions” from the West if it continues to refuse an unconditional ceasefire in the Ukraine war, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
One person was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while the death toll from Friday’s deadly attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih continued to rise.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met the leaders of the British and French armed forces in Kyiv Saturday to discuss the potential deployment of a multinational peacekeeping force to Ukraine, despite the reluctance of U.S. President Donald Trump to provide security guarantees.
President Donald Trump threatens Russia with “secondary tariffs” on oil if Putin doesn’t “fulfil his part of the deal” in Ukraine.
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was “very angry, pissed off” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, NBC reported, marking a sharp change of tone as Washington seeks to end the war in Ukraine.
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker said President Donald Trump told her during a phone call that he was “very angry, pissed off” at Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says China and North Korea should be included in ceasefire negotiations for the war in Ukraine.
European troops that Britain and France want to send to Ukraine would be deployed to “strategic locations” to deter “Russian aggression”.
‘Coalition of the willing ‘leaders meeting in Paris to discuss supporting Ukraine but Moscow continues its bid to undermine these attempts.
