Ukrainian authorities have ordered the mandatory evacuation of 11 villages in the Sumy region bordering Russia, with President Volodymyr Zelensky warning of a major troop build-up on the other side of the border. Sumy served as the launching pad for Kyiv's ill-fated incursion into Russia's Kursk region last year.

Russia's Defense Ministry said it downed 296 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Fears are growing about Putin’s potential next target as Russian military continue to expand in one nation.

“Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever,” Trump says in an excoriating post aimed at the Russian president.

The US president believes Kiev would be “better off” if the conflict with Moscow had “remained a European situation”

The negotiations in Türkiye lasted around two hours

Neither Ukrainian President Zelenskyy or Russian President Putin are there.

The Ukrainian president likened Russian negotiators dispatched to Istanbul to “theater props,” as direct talks between both sides remain uncertain.

Trump’s endorsement came the day after he backed European leaders’ demand for a ceasefire first.

Ankara is ready to help Moscow and Kiev pick up the settlement process “where they left off” in 2022, the president has said

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine on May 8-10 to mark the World War II Victory Day, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration decides whether a deal to end the more than three-year war is within reach.