• Ukraine and Russia trade blame for breaking Easter ceasefire as talks to end war drag on

    Ukraine and Russia trade blame for breaking Easter ceasefire as talks to end war drag on

    Apr 20, 2025 09:50 PM EDT

    ... try to drag out this administration and try to drag out this fight. And I think that they will both get tired and I think Ukraine will move on once that happens to joining the EU and reconstructing what it still controls and eventually I think joining NATO, that's ...

  • News Wrap: Russia and Ukraine swap POWs amid temporary ceasefire

    News Wrap: Russia and Ukraine swap POWs amid temporary ceasefire

    Apr 19, 2025 09:45 PM EDT

    ... John Yang: In tonight's other news, a surprise temporary ceasefire is in effect in Ukraine, announced after Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war. Just a day earlier, President Trump said the United States might drop efforts to end the war if there's not progress ...

  • Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners of war as Putin announces Easter ceasefire

    Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners of war as Putin announces Easter ceasefire

    Apr 19, 2025 07:21 PM EDT

    Zelenskyy said that 277 Ukrainian “warriors" have returned home from Russian captivity. Both sides thanked the United Arab Emirates for their mediation. Putin’s ceasefire announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insisted that neither ...

  • News Wrap: Negotiations to end Ukraine war stalled

    News Wrap: Negotiations to end Ukraine war stalled

    Apr 18, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Friday, the international effort to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine appears to have stalled, Houthi rebels say U.S. airstrikes killed at least 74 people and injured more than 170 others and power has been mostly restored in Puerto Rico almost two days ...

  • U.S. will drop Ukraine-Russia peace efforts if no progress within days, Rubio warns

    U.S. will drop Ukraine-Russia peace efforts if no progress within days, Rubio warns

    Apr 18, 2025 02:28 PM EDT

    ... has effectively refused to accept a comprehensive ceasefire that Trump has pushed and Ukraine has endorsed. Russia has made it conditional on a halt in Ukraine's mobilization efforts and Western arms supplies, which are demands rejected by Ukraine. Ukrainian cities attacked Meanwhile, Russia kept up a series of deadly ...

  • News Wrap: Ukraine and European countries push U.S. to take tougher stance on Russia

    News Wrap: Ukraine and European countries push U.S. to take tougher stance on Russia

    Apr 17, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Thursday, delegations from Ukraine and other European countries are trying to push the U.S. to take a tougher stance with Russia, Chinese President Xi said Cambodia should "resist protectionism" in an apparent slight against U.S. tariffs and a federal judge ruled Google held an ...

  • Future of Ukraine subject of Paris talks with Rubio, Witkoff and top European officials

    Future of Ukraine subject of Paris talks with Rubio, Witkoff and top European officials

    Apr 17, 2025 04:22 PM EDT

    ... has effectively refused to accept a comprehensive ceasefire that Trump has pushed and Ukraine has endorsed. Russia has made it conditional on a halt in Ukraine's mobilization efforts and Western arms supplies, which are demands rejected by Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv agreed last month to implement a 30-day ...

  • 1 killed, 9 wounded in Russian strikes on southern Ukraine

    1 killed, 9 wounded in Russian strikes on southern Ukraine

    Apr 16, 2025 06:10 PM EDT

    Moscow has effectively refused to accept a comprehensive ceasefire that President Donald Trump has sought and Ukraine has endorsed. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it conditional on a halt in Ukraine’s mobilization efforts and Western arms supplies, the demands rejected by Ukraine. Kyiv believes Moscow’s forces are ...

  • Russian cluster bomb attack on Ukraine kills dozens, including children

    Russian cluster bomb attack on Ukraine kills dozens, including children

    Apr 14, 2025 10:40 PM EDT

    ... their Western colleagues.Nick Schifrin: But, in Sumy today, there is no evidence of that. And as the U.S. pushes peace, Russia continues its attacks. Ukraine has no choice but to suffer, no choice but to clean up the pieces. For the "PBS News Hour," I'm Nick Schifrin.

  • Condemnation grows as Russia claims its deadly attack on Ukraine's Sumy targeted military forces

    Condemnation grows as Russia claims its deadly attack on Ukraine's Sumy targeted military forces

    Apr 14, 2025 04:09 PM EDT

    ... Shahed drones over Ukraine late Sunday and early Monday, Ukraine's air force said, adding that 40 were destroyed and 11 others jammed. Associated Press writers Geir Moulson in Berlin, Sam McNeil in Barcelona, Spain, Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Dasha Litvinova in Tallinn, Estonia, contributed to this report.