Published on: Dec 08, 2025 04:34 am IST Zelenskiy held a call on Saturday with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner Talks with U.S. representatives on a peace plan for Ukraine have been constructive but not easy, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday ahead of his planned…
US President Donald Trump hinted at supporting the proposed Senate legislation to sanction countries conducting business with Russia, as he said that such a measure would be “okay with me,” amid a long-running push to cut Moscow’s access to funding. “The Republicans are putting in legislation that is very tough, sanctioning, etcetera, on any country…
Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles in overnight attacks on Ukraine, targeting substations that supply two nuclear power plants and killing seven people, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. “Russia once again targeted substations that power the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants,” Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X. “These were not accidental…
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to another summit on the war in Ukraine, a surprise move that came as Moscow feared fresh U.S. military support for Kyiv. Trump and Putin may meet within the next two weeks in Budapest, the U.S. president said,…
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that a Ukrainian counteroffensive had made gains in both southern Zaporizhzhia region and in an area of Donetsk region, the focal point of the conflict, where Kyiv has reported successes. Kyiv has said for several weeks that its forces have advanced around the town of Dobropillia — near…
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces were inflicting heavy losses in a counteroffensive in eastern Donetsk region, the main theatre of the more than 3-1/2 years of war in Ukraine. Zelenskiy’s account, based on a report by Ukraine’s top commander, contrasted with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s address to senior Russian officers…
(Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said after meeting Vladimir Putin on Friday that the Russian leader would announce a “very good proposal” for ending the war in Ukraine that he said was broadly backed by the United States. Lukashenko, who met Putin in Moscow for more than five hours, did not say what the proposal…
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed on Friday the presentation of the European Union’s 19th sanctions package on Russia, saying the measures would have a significant effect on the Russian economy. “It targets the main drivers of the war economy: energy revenues, finance, high-tech resources, and the military-industrial base,” Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram…
(Reuters) – Ukrainian troops pressed on with a frontline counteroffensive around two cities in the east of the country on Friday, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saying heavy losses were being inflicted on Russian forces. Russia said its forces had captured two new villages in their slow advance through Ukraine’s east and south, but its Defence…
(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces had advanced in border districts of northern Sumy region, an area where Russian troops have tried for months to establish a foothold. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, also quoted Ukraine’s top commander as saying Moscow’s forces had suffered significant losses in Donetsk and…