• Putin spurns meeting with Zelenskyy, but lower-level Ukraine-Russia talks will proceed

    Putin spurns meeting with Zelenskyy, but lower-level Ukraine-Russia talks will proceed

    May 15, 2025 03:51 PM EDT

    ... there was no tangible progress soon.Sybiha, the Ukrainian foreign minister, met with Rubio and Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday night in Antalya. Sybiha reaffirmed Ukraine’s support for Trump’s mediation efforts and thanked the U.S. for its continued involvement, urging Moscow to “reciprocate Ukraine’s constructive steps ...

  • What to know about this week's possible talks in Istanbul to end Russia's war in Ukraine

    What to know about this week's possible talks in Istanbul to end Russia's war in Ukraine

    May 14, 2025 05:25 PM EDT

    ... delaying talks in preparation for bigger offensives. Last month, Moscow’s forces also declared that they fully reclaimed chunks of Russia’s Kursk region bordering Ukraine that Kyiv’s forces seized in a surprise incursion in August 2024. Kyiv denied the claim, but it has been steadily losing ground there ...

  • Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he will be waiting for Russian leader Putin in Ankara on Thursday for negotiations

    Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he will be waiting for Russian leader Putin in Ankara on Thursday for negotiations

    May 13, 2025 03:56 PM EDT

    ... Russia effectively rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire demanded by Ukraine and Western European leaders from Monday, when it fired more than 100 drones at Ukraine. Putin instead offered direct peace talks. But the wrangling over whether a ceasefire should come before the talks begin has continued. "Ukraine is ready ...

  • Russian drones attack Ukraine after Kremlin rejects 30-day ceasefire proposal

    Russian drones attack Ukraine after Kremlin rejects 30-day ceasefire proposal

    May 12, 2025 05:44 PM EDT

    ... was more upbeat, saying that “the seeds” of a peace agreement are being sown, even though “a difficult process” lies ahead. “So let’s hope.” Ukraine's government has tried to keep up the momentum for a peace deal started by the Trump administration. “Ukraine wants to end this war ...

  • Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Gaza and Ukraine in his first Sunday address as pontiff

    Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Gaza and Ukraine in his first Sunday address as pontiff

    May 11, 2025 09:50 PM EDT

    Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday blessing as pontiff, calling for unity in a polarized church and appealing to the world’s major powers for peace. He delivered his message to an estimated 100,000 people from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, where he was introduced as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church...

  • Ukraine and Russia appear deadlocked over next steps in effort to end the war

    Ukraine and Russia appear deadlocked over next steps in effort to end the war

    May 11, 2025 05:02 PM EDT

    ... said that a “historic turning point” had been reached in efforts to end the war. Russian attacks continue Meanwhile, Russia resumed mass drone attacks in Ukraine early on Sunday, after its self-declared three-day pause expired.Russia launched 108 attack drones and simulator drones from six different directions, Ukraine ...

  • News Wrap: European leaders push Russia for full ceasefire in Ukraine

    News Wrap: European leaders push Russia for full ceasefire in Ukraine

    May 10, 2025 09:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Saturday, European allies are backing Ukraine in an effort to pressure Russia for a ceasefire, trade talks began between the U.S. and China, a judge temporarily blocked Trump’s mass firings across the federal workforce, Newark’s mayor is out of jail after he was ...

  • Ukraine and European allies urge Putin to commit to 30-day ceasefire or face new sanctions

    Ukraine and European allies urge Putin to commit to 30-day ceasefire or face new sanctions

    May 10, 2025 05:42 PM EDT

    ... November’s strike. There was no immediate comment from Russian officials.Trump said last week that he doubts Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, expressing new skepticism that a peace deal can be reached soon, and hinted at further sanctions against Russia. Ukraine’s European allies view its ...

  • World War II ended in Europe 80 years ago, but V-E Day is haunted by conflict in Ukraine

    World War II ended in Europe 80 years ago, but V-E Day is haunted by conflict in Ukraine

    May 08, 2025 06:06 PM EDT

    ... authoritarian bloc.” European celebrations Commemorations have been going all week through Europe, and Britain has taken a lead. Here too, the current-day plight of Ukraine in its fight against Russia took center stage. “The idea that this was all just history and it doesn’t matter now somehow, is ...

  • Ukraine accuses Russia of violating its own cease-fire more than 700 times

    Ukraine accuses Russia of violating its own cease-fire more than 700 times

    May 08, 2025 04:51 PM EDT

    The regions of Belgorod, Lipetsk, Orenburg, Ryazan and Tambov came under a drone threat alert overnight, but there were no reports of any drones being shot down or intercepted. Russia's civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia also briefly imposed restrictions on flights to and from the airport in Nizhny Novgorod. Ukraine ...