European Union’s foreign policy chief says that membership candidate Serbia faces a “strategic choice” of direction

US President Donald Trump has held conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, EU leaders have politically endorsed the creation of a €150 billion loan fund to fund weapons amid growing threats from Russia.

European leaders are scrambling to speak directly with President Trump ahead of his one-on-one call with Vladimir Putin, a call the White House says will take place this week. This is the first publicly confirmed conversation between the two men in nearly three months,

Vladimir Putin has boasted of a massive missile strike on a military base in Ukraine’s Sumy region that the Kremlin claims killed as many 70 soldiers.

The EU is preparing new sanctions on Russia despite a potential meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, three sources told CNBC.

The EU intends to increase pressure on Moscow until Vladimir Putin is ready for peace talks with Ukraine, France24 reports, citing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The European high-ranking official said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "was ready to meet,

The Ukrainian president accuses Moscow of wanting to use the peace process initiated by Trump to gain time and make advances on the front. This Monday's call between Putin and Trump has not changed anything in the Ukraine war.

Sir Keir Starmer and the European Union are preparing to launch a global defence bank aimed at rearming the West against Vladimir Putin. The proposed Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSR Bank) would pool resources from western countries to fund weapons,