Following President Donald Trump’s claim that Ukraine is “losing” the war against Russia’s ongoing invasion and that Russia now has the “upper hand”, multiple officials told CNN there are no new US or European assessments suggesting there have been significant changes on the battlefield and they don’t see any indications Moscow is likely to win the conflict quickly.

Ukraine has formally delivered its response to the latest U.S. peace proposal as Washington and Kyiv intensify negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The move comes amid mounting pressure from President Trump,

Kyiv resisted hitting tankers carrying Russian oil—until now.

NATO chief Mark Rutte said Thursday that if the United States and Europeans could agree on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, this would be a "test" of whether Russia "really wants peace". The NATO chief also accused China of being "Russia's lifeline" in the war.

WASHINGTON — European officials are convinced that Ukraine-Russia peace talks have reached a “decisive moment” this week, as President Trump’s officials prepare to speak directly with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky about a 20-point plan to end the war.

Konstantin Ektov, a former plumber who worked as a military policeman using barbaric tactics to round up deserters from the Ukraine frontline of Putin's war, was shot dead by a soldier he was hunting

Ukraine struck an oil tanker belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea on Wednesday, according to an official in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).