Ukraine closed out its third round of direct talks with Russia on Wednesday with a proposal to hold a “leaders’ summit” by the end of August with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian

Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling over a ceasefire. Meanwhile, Trump has changed his mind about sending weapons to Ukraine.

KYIV — Ukrainian democracy is proving much stronger than most outsiders — including Russian President Vladimir Putin — believed. But as the full-scale invasion drags into its third year, the strain is starting to show — although Ukraine is still very far from being an authoritarian dictatorship like Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has renewed his call for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end their ongoing war.

A meeting in person between the leaders of Ukraine and Russia should be held next month. According to a Ukrinform correspondent, this opinion was expressed by Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office Oleksandr Bevz, after the meeting between the negotiating teams of Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul.

The U.K. chaired a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting to discuss rapid transfer of arms including Patriot missiles, as the Britain responds to President Donald Trump's 50-day ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to move toward a peace settlement for Ukraine but Moscow's main objective is to achieve its goals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television in a clip published on Sunday.

How Russia has amped up its aerial strikes on Ukraine - The Russian army launched a fresh drone assault on Kyiv overnight, following a pattern of attacks in the past two months

Putin has spurned Zelensky’s previous offers of a face-to-face meeting to end Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

The third round of negotiations in Istanbul between Ukraine and Russia has concluded. The two sides agreed to conduct another major prisoner exchange and issued a series of statements. RBC-Ukraine summarizes the key outcomes of the third meeting.