• News Wrap: Russia bombards Ukraine hours before 3rd exchange of prisoners

    News Wrap: Russia bombards Ukraine hours before 3rd exchange of prisoners

    May 25, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... aerial assault on neighboring Ukraine. Poland, a NATO member, said it took the necessary precautions to keep its airspace safe. It happened as Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles. At least 12 people were killed across the country, including three children. The U.S. envoy to Ukraine ...

  • Ukraine and Russia complete 3rd prisoner swap hours after major Russian aerial assault

    Ukraine and Russia complete 3rd prisoner swap hours after major Russian aerial assault

    May 25, 2025 03:46 PM EST

    ... s drones,” said Yuri Dashkin, described as commander of a Russian air defense division. He added that Russian air defense units shot down 46 drones during the incident. Yeroshenko reported from Markhalivka, Ukraine. Associated Press writers Elise Morton in London and Volodymyr Yurchuk in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed to this report.

  • News Wrap: Ukraine and Russia exchange hundreds of POWs

    News Wrap: Ukraine and Russia exchange hundreds of POWs

    May 24, 2025 09:45 PM EST

    ... today just hours after a large scale Russian attack on Kyiv. At least 15 people were injured when Russia launched ballistic missiles and drones into Ukraine's capital. The mayor said air raid sirens warned of the incoming attack, which damaged apartment buildings and a mall. Across Ukraine, 13 people ...

  • 'We're playing into Russia's hands': Ex-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on why she resigned

    'We're playing into Russia's hands': Ex-U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on why she resigned

    May 23, 2025 10:40 PM EST

    ... stakes are so high, not just for Ukraine, not just for Europe, but for the United States. And we must be on the right side of history. Amna Nawaz: Bridget Brink, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Thank you for joining us, Ambassador. Appreciate your time. Bridget Brink: Thank you.

  • Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners a week after direct talks failed to produce a ceasefire

    Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners a week after direct talks failed to produce a ceasefire

    May 23, 2025 01:19 PM EST

    ... pushed back on a temporary halt to hostilities, and Putin has said any such truce must come with a freeze on Western arms supplies to Ukraine and an end to Ukraine’s mobilization drive. A senior Ukrainian official said that in Istanbul, Russia had introduced new, “unacceptable demands” to withdraw ...

  • Ukraine's European allies hit Russia with new sanctions as peace talks sputter

    Ukraine's European allies hit Russia with new sanctions as peace talks sputter

    May 20, 2025 02:38 PM EST

    ... wasteland, with "nothing there, only scorched earth, everything bombed." Some were unconvinced by Putin's promise to Trump that Russia is "ready to work with" Ukraine on a "memorandum" outlining the framework for "a possible future peace treaty." The first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since the early weeks of ...

  • Following his call with Putin, Trump says Russia and Ukraine will begin ceasefire talks 'immediately'

    Following his call with Putin, Trump says Russia and Ukraine will begin ceasefire talks 'immediately'

    May 19, 2025 06:18 PM EST

    Putin recently rejected an offer by Zelenskyy to meet in-person in Turkey as an alternative to a 30-day ceasefire urged by Ukraine and its Western allies, including Washington. Instead, Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Istanbul for talks, the first such direct negotiations since March 2022. Those talks ...

  • WATCH: Trump 'weary and frustrated with both' Russia and Ukraine, White House says ahead of Putin call

    WATCH: Trump 'weary and frustrated with both' Russia and Ukraine, White House says ahead of Putin call

    May 19, 2025 12:59 PM EST

    ... day unconditional ceasefire proposed by President Trump and backed by Ukraine and Europe.” The push came as the Kremlin launched its largest drone barrage against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, firing a total of 273 exploding drones and decoys, Ukraine’s air force said ...

  • Trump says he will call Putin and then Zelenskyy on Monday to discuss ending war in Ukraine

    Trump says he will call Putin and then Zelenskyy on Monday to discuss ending war in Ukraine

    May 17, 2025 05:31 PM EST

    A town in mourning In Ukraine, nine civilians were killed and seven others were wounded when a Russian drone struck a bus evacuating people from Bilopillia, a town around 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Russia's border, according to local Gov. Oleh Hryhorov and Ukraine’s national police. The Associated ...

  • Russia-Ukraine peace talks fall flat with few signs of progress

    Russia-Ukraine peace talks fall flat with few signs of progress

    May 16, 2025 10:55 PM EST

    ... a dire situation desperate for a deal, and they think that the Russians, if the United States were to cut off military assistance again to Ukraine, could roll over Ukraine in short order. Both those, unfortunately, are not the case. Ukraine is in a bad situation, but the defense is ...