Ukraine has urged for genuine peace with Russia rather than concessions, warning that poorly negotiated settlements in the past have led to disaster.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday (3 December) calling on Russia to immediately return all Ukrainian children who have been “forcibly transferred or deported,” describing the actions as a breach of international law.
At least eight people, including two children, were wounded after Russian forces launched an aerial bombardment on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Wednesday, according to the regional governor.
Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday that its forces had carried out a series of strikes targeting Russian infrastructure and assets, including two oil depots, a technical observation post in the Black Sea, and several reconnaissance drones.
Russia has claimed a decisive breakthrough in the nearly four-year war, with the Kremlin announcing the total capture of the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk just hours before United States mediators were due to arrive in Moscow.
The White House said on Monday it is increasingly optimistic about reaching a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, as President Donald Trump’s special envoy travels to Moscow following talks with Ukrainian officials in Florida.
Rhetoric surrounding Russia’s war against Ukraine is once again shifting toward talk of a possible “diplomatic solution.”
Moscow and Kyiv painted very different pictures of the battlefield on Sunday, each insisting momentum was on their side as the fighting around Pokrovsk intensified.
Kazakhstan has called on Ukraine to stop striking the Black Sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) after a major drone attack forced a halt to exports and caused serious damage to loading equipment.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Thursday that Ukrainian and United States delegations, are scheduled to meet later this week to advance discussions on a proposed ceasefire with Russia.
Britain, France, and Germany supported U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine, emphasising that any solution must fully involve Ukraine, following their Coalition of the Willing meeting on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that the most “sensitive” parts of a proposed plan to end the war with Russia will be addressed in a direct conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Russian forces staged a "massive" drone attack on Sunday on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killing four people and injuring several others, officials said.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the war in Ukraine and the situation in Gaza on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa, the Canadian government said on Saturday.
U.S. officials and lawmakers are alarmed over a meeting last month where Trump administration members met sanctioned Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev to draft a plan to end the Ukraine conflict, sources say.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made an impassioned plea in a video message seemingly in response to the 28-point U.S.-backed plan which would see Kyiv give up some of its territory.
Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after talks with a top U.S. Army official on Thursday he was ready for "honest" work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, while European allies pushed back against punishing concessions to Russia.
The full 28-point framework outlining a proposed settlement between Ukraine and Russia has been published by Axios, but has yet to be officially published. Drafted by the U.S. administration, it says it's built on security guarantees, territorial provisions and long-term economic arrangements.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the command post of the Russian forces “West” grouping on Thursday (20 November), meeting with Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov and senior military officials, the Kremlin said.
The White House said on Thursday (20 November) that senior Trump administration officials met with Ukrainian representatives this past week to discuss a peace plan designed to be acceptable to both Ukraine and Russia.
European countries pushed back on Thursday against a U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine that sources said would require Kyiv to give up more land and partially disarm.
Russia's latest onslaught has led to the death of at least 25 people including three children with 115 people injured while also triggering emergency power outages across Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced plans to visit Türkiye to revive stalled peace talks and potentially resume prisoner exchanges with Russia.
An explosion that damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday.
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