Ukraine and its allies are scrambling to keep Trump onside as the U.S. piles pressure on Kyiv to make a peace deal.

The Ukrainian leader said Thursday that there was still no common understanding on the land issue and that Ukrainians should vote on any territorial concessions in a referendum.

Ukraine's president says territory and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power remain unresolved issues in a peace plan.

The European Union looked set to indefinitely freeze Russian central bank assets held in Europe, removing a big obstacle to using the cash to help Ukraine defend itself against Moscow's invasion.

Lawmakers debate Trump's timeline for Ukraine peace deal as territorial concessions remain a sticking point in negotiations to end the four-year conflict.

Millions of Ukrainians have been plunged into periodic darkness and cold as Russian drones and missiles wage a systematic long-range campaign.

Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 as a war-divided island and could offer Ukraine a blueprint for accession. The island will take over the EU’s rotating presidency from Denmark on Jan. 1 and has promised to continue work on Ukraine’s bid.

At least three oil tankers have been hit by explosions in what appears to be a stepped up unilateral effort by Ukraine to sink Russia's sanctions-dodging oil sales.