Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, met Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, in Kyiv on Sunday—the first time they have visited his country as negotiators. On Saturday they met Vladimir Putin for three hours of talks in Moscow to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

"The United States is increasingly overstretched between these two conflicts," a former U.S. intelligence official told Newsweek.

Despite talks between US envoys and both Putin and Zelensky, the expectation in Kyiv is the fighting will continue, writes James Landale.

A deadly campaign of Russian and Ukrainian airstrikes has escalated since the last U.S.-brokered negotiations stalled in February.

President Donald Trump said special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are traveling to Russia and Ukraine with a proposal to end the war.

Ukraine's third-biggest city Odesa decides this week whether to ban Russian-language content in music and literature in public.

Secret military audits reveal a military procurement system riddled with mismanagement. In 2024 alone, Ukraine lost $1.2 billion to fraud and waste.

Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, hailed it as “the beginning of a new era”. A volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused the closure of five airports, including the main international hub in Jakarta.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv has strengthened its positions over the past 10-12 months and expects Russia to mobilise troops for the eastern front after the elections.