Ukraine war

Russia launched 10 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday.

Emmanuel Macron and his globalist allies are essentially cosplaying as warriors and risk “fomenting war” rather than achieving peace in Ukraine, French opposition leader Marine Le Pen warned over the weekend.

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.

Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff.

Ukraine and its allies are ready for a “full, unconditional ceasefire” with Russia for at least 30 days starting on Monday, Ukrainian FM Andrii Sybiha said Saturday.

Putin’s Victory parade in Moscow was noticeably larger in scale than in recent years and featured Ukraine strike drones for the first time.

Ukraine’s Parliament unanimously voted in favor of ratifying of a landmark minerals deal with the U.S. on Thursday afternoon, a lawmaker said.

Russia launched a ballistic missile and a barrage of drones at Ukraine’s capital, killing at least two, Ukrainian officials said.

Meanwhile, pollster found concern about a Third World War to be widespread, with a plurality or outright majority in several nations found. 

All four international airports around Moscow temporarily suspended flights Tuesday as Russia intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones.

Ukraine released a combat video that purports to show one of its drone boats shooting down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet in the Black Sea, a world’s first for that kind of weapon.

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.

Ukraine has already agreed it will “de facto” concede land held by Russia for a ceasefire and peace process, Trump’s Special Envoy has said.

A Ukrainian drone attack left at least seven people dead and a Russian strike on Odesa killed two people on Thursday.

Putin unilaterally announced 72-hour truce, prompting Ukraine to question why they are still dragging its heels on a full 30-day ceasefire. 

A man suspected of killing a Russian general with a car bomb pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said Sunday.

Russia launched a sweeping drone assault across Ukraine overnight into Sunday, targeting multiple regions, officials said, after U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the war.

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.

President Donald Trump on Friday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to immediately sign a mineral deal with the United States.

American businessman turned diplomatic envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow for further rapprochement talks with the Russian Federation. 

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

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Saturday.

Russia has pushed Ukrainian forces from one of their last remaining footholds in Russia’s Kursk region, officials said Saturday.

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.

Paris is hosting a series of talks Thursday about Ukraine and its security, including U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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.

British military intelligence has claimed that soaring inflation and high interest rates threaten Russia’s ability to maintain high defence spending levels.

At least 32 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said.

Russia and Ukraine’s top diplomats on Saturday used a high-level conference in Turkey to once again trade accusations of violating a tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure, underscoring the challenges of negotiating an end to the 3-year-old war.