A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war.

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

Poland detained a Russian archaeologist who works on an ancient site in Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014. Ukraine calls the work illegal.

The European Union is set to lock up Russia’s assets in Europe until Russia ends its war on Ukraine and compensates for the damage.

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.

World leaders are preparing for a new round of discussions on the Ukraine war as tensions and uncertainty grow. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hinted at major developments ahead, while former United States President Donald Trump voiced caution over renewed European talks.

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

WASHINGTON — European officials are convinced that Ukraine-Russia peace talks have reached a “decisive moment” as President Trump’s team eyes a Christmas deadline to hammer out a plan to end the war and two supplemental documents.

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If not by negotiation then by military means, this territory will come under the full control of the Russian federation’ top foreign policy aid Ushakov said about the Donbas region