Trump spoke separately with Putin and Zelenskyy on Wednesday

Kiev’s troops will inevitably be removed from all Russian territory, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said

A Russian missile strike on Kyiv early Tuesday morning killed at least one civilian, injured three others, and sparked fires across the city, Ukrainian officials confirmed. The attack comes as prospects for renewed peace talks increase following President Donald Trump's reported contact with both Kyiv and Moscow, with Ukraine set to engage in upcoming discussions with US officials.

The U.S. defense secretary said any deal to end the fighting must come with international oversight of the boundary between Russian and Ukrainian forces — and no NATO membership for Kyiv.

The former Ukrainian stronghold of Dzerzhinsk has been fully captured by Moscow’s forces after months of intense fighting

U.S. president-elect's envoy to Ukraine and Russia has set goal to end war in 100 days

This year, Russian leader celebrates 25 years in office

Russian missile attack forces Ukraine to shut down power grid

At least 12 residential buildings, and several “social infrastructure objects” were destroyed in Ukraine on Tuesday as Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack targeting multiple regions, including the capital Kyiv. Ukraine, meanwhile, claimed it had for the first time shot down a Russian helicopter with a naval drone.

Ahmed al-Sharaa, Syria's new leader and head of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group, hosted a Ukrainian delegation led by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on Monday. The meeting is an effort to rebuild relations between the two countries after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad, who was a close ally of Russia. 

The prisoner exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates is the first in about two months