Russia, Ukraine agree to halt Black Sea fighting, White House says
Both Ukraine and Russia confirmed the agreement, although it appeared to come with some serious caveats on the part of Moscow. Read more
Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
Both Ukraine and Russia confirmed the agreement, although it appeared to come with some serious caveats on the part of Moscow. Read more
Videos verified by Reuters showed a huge blast spreading out from the airfield, wrecking nearby cottages. Russia’s defense ministry said air defenses had shot down 132 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions. Read more
Zelenskyy asked Trump for more air defense support to protect his country against Russian attacks and the U.S. president said he would help locate the necessary military equipment in Europe. Read more
Putin emphasized that any resolution of the conflict would require an end to all military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine, it said. Read more
Trump is trying to win Putin’s support for a 30-day ceasefire proposal that Ukraine accepted last week. Read more
“If we can sustain this amount … for a longer period of time, that would be the amount that would allow Ukrainians to keep their armed forces at current strength,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys told Reuters on Sunday. Read more
Putin’s heavily qualified support for the U.S. ceasefire proposal looked designed to signal goodwill to Washington and open the door to further talks with President Donald Trump. Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would now take the offer to the Russians, and that the ball is now in Moscow’s court. Read more
Since Thursday, Ukrainian authorities have reported Russian attacks including damage to Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure, and an assault with missiles and drones in which at least 14 people were killed and 37 wounded. Read more
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Poland pays for Kyiv to use the services of Elon Musk’s Starlink, which provides crucial internet connectivity to Ukraine and its military. Read more
On Friday, Russian forces damaged Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure in their first major missile attack since the U.S. paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Read more
The precarious situation for Ukraine comes after Washington suspended its intelligence sharing with Kyiv and raises the possibility that its forces may be forced into a politically awkward and psychologically difficult retreat back into Ukraine, or risk being captured or killed. Read more
The suspension, which could hurt Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian missile strikes, followed a halt this week to U.S. military aid to Kyiv. Read more
In his statement, Zelenskyy said he supported peace negotiations and was ready to sign a deal giving the United States access to Ukrainian minerals, which he had left on the table when he abandoned a visit to Washington after an Oval Office argument with Trump on Friday. Read more
The move comes after Trump upended U.S. policy on Ukraine and Russia upon taking office in January, adopting a more conciliatory stance toward Moscow. Read more
“It is very important that we try to make our diplomacy really substantive to end this war the soonest possible,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. Read more
Zelensky argued in the meeting that Russian President Vladimir Putin had not honored a 2019 ceasefire agreement and described him as a killer and a terrorist. Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump traded blows at a White House meeting that ended in disaster today, prompting an outpouring of reaction from across the globe. Read more
Zelenskyy had coveted the meeting in the White House to help his country convince the United States not to side with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more
Analysts, and congressional Republicans, said a successful agreement increased the chances that members of the party, who control both the House and Senate, would be willing to approve more aid for Ukraine. Read more
Donald Trump blasted Volodymyr Zelensky last week as an unpopular “dictator” who needed to cut a quick peace deal or lose his country, while the Ukrainian leader said the U.S. president was living in a “disinformation bubble.” Read more