Finnish prime minister calls for more money for frontline states ahead of first summit of countries bordering Russia

With peace in Ukraine still elusive, progress from U.S. initiatives have officials discussing a postwar security landscape.

Ukrainian president’s call comes after Putin launched bizarre rant against West amid ongoing US-brokered peace talks

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told ABC News during an exclusive interview in Moscow on Monday that he believes the warring parties are close to a deal.

The Kremlin has described Ukraine’s push to join NATO as one of the “root causes” of the conflict. Russia sees an expanding NATO as a major security threat. But NATO’s expansion into the Baltics and other post-Soviet states is driven by a fear that Moscow would one day invade and try to fold them back under its control—as seen in Ukraine.

Ukraine claimed it carried out an underwater drone strike on Dec. 15, the first such attack in maritime warfare, that critically damaged a Russian Kilo-class attack submarine at the Russian port of Novorossiysk,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine’s ability to strike back at Russia gives it leverage in peace talks.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte issued a stern warning to the organization’s allied nations on Thursday, suggesting they stand as “Russia’s next target” after Ukraine. Rutte delivered the sobering message that NATO countries are “already in harm’s way” during a keynote address at a Berlin event hosted by the Munich Security Conference.