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An instructor from the Ukrainian company General Cherry demonstrates the operation of an anti-air interceptor drone designed to destroy Russian attack drones in Kyiv region, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Zelenskyy says Ukraine awaits White House sign-off on US drone production deal

March 12, 2026 at 10:20 a.m.

Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as countries scramble to modernize their air...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to journalists during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

President Trump says Vladimir Putin told him that Russia will respond to Ukrainian attack on airfields

June 4, 2025 at 3:35 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian...

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, a Ukrainian soldier hugs his comrade after returning from captivity during an exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Friday, May 23, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in first phase of a major exchange

May 23, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange Friday, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the first phase of an exchange that was a moment of cooperation in otherwise...

Vehicles begin arriving outside a gate prior to expected talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations at the Dolmabache palace, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz)

Russia and Ukraine hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations

May 16, 2025 at 6:18 a.m.

Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years, gathering in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on forthcoming Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin spurns Zelenskyy meeting but lower-level Ukraine-Russia talks are still on

May 15, 2025 at 4:51 p.m.

Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, but hopes for a breakthrough are still dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an...

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 3, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia and Ukraine clash over ceasefire proposals as fighting rages

May 3, 2025 at 11:46 a.m.

Moscow has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of threatening the safety of dignitaries attending Victory Day celebrations after he dismissed Russia’s unilateral 72-hour ceasefire.

A Ukrainian rescuer works to extinguish a fire at the site of a drone attack in Kharkiv late on April 29, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian strikes on the Ukrainian cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv overnight left at least one person dead and more than a dozen wounded, authorities said on April 30, 2025. (Sergey Bobok/Getty-AFP)

US and Ukraine sign deal giving US access to country’s valuable mineral wealth

May 1, 2025 at 10:50 a.m.

The U.S. and Ukraine on Wednesday signed an agreement granting American access to Ukraine’s vast mineral resources, finalizing a deal months in the making that could enable continued military aid...

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, April 18, 2025, Russian soldiers launch a Supercam intelligence unmanned aerial vehicle towards Ukrainian positions in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Ukraine wary of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Easter truce and says it will reciprocate only a genuine ceasefire

April 19, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

Ukraine said it would reciprocate any genuine ceasefire by Moscow, but voiced skepticism after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter truce in Ukraine starting Saturday.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, and Germany’s Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gunter Sautter, right, attend a meeting on Ukraine and its security, in Paris Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Julien de Rosa, Pool via AP)

President Donald Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks ‘coming to a head’ and ‘no one is playing’ him in push to end war

April 18, 2025 at 1:06 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Friday said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insisted that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the...

Liusiena Zinovkina, 32, sits in her room in Berlin, Germany, March 19, 2025. She fled to Germany from Ukraine, where her husband was arrested by invading Russian forces in May 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are still held by Russia with uncertain hope of release

April 6, 2025 at 4:42 p.m.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists the release of thousands of civilians in Russian captivity, along with prisoners of war, will be an important step toward ending the 3-year-old war.

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