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WASHINGTON (TNND) — Ukraine and Russia remain at an impasse over a potential peace deal following a weekend of heightened tensions and military actions. Ukraine launched a surprise drone strike ...

Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners Friday, beginning the largest swap in more than three years of war in what President Trump suggested “could lead to something big.”. Each ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Western allies discuss failed Russia-Ukraine peace talks. President Donald Trump seeks a meeting with Putin to push for a ceasefire.

Zelensky and Ukraine's European allies say Russia should face much stronger sanctions if it does not agree to a ceasefire. Update, 5/15/2025, 10:45 a.m. ET: Additional comments by Vladimir ...

Vice President JD Vance said Russia is “asking for too much” in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. “Certainly, the first peace offer that the Russians put on the table, our reaction to ...

Ukraine’s sovereignty can only be guaranteed by force of arms—and that an off-ramp can only be achieved by a guarantee of that sovereignty.

Russia-aligned hacktivists persistently target key public and private organizations in the Netherlands with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, causing access problems and service ...

John Bolton dismissed President Trump's claim he has “no favorites” in the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, blasting his approach to the war and his relationship with Vladimir Putin.

Putin calls for temporary Easter ceasefire with Ukraine 00:17. Ukraine and Russia blamed each other on Sunday for breaking the one-day Easter ceasefire that President Vladimir Putin announced ...

When President Trump unveiled major new tariffs on Wednesday, one big economy that he did not target was Russia. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Wednesday that Moscow was spared ...

Europe says no to President Donald Trump's attempts to secure some sanction relief for Russia as he tries to make a Black Sea ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine.