Russia-Ukraine War

An Australian volunteer has died in Ukraine.

Citing battlefield carnage, Trump said he’s weighing a detour from his Gulf trip to attend the high-stakes Russia–Ukraine meeting.

Zelenskyy said he was ready to meet Putin in Turkey on May 15 after Trump told him to immediately accept the Kremlin leader’s proposal of direct talks.

‘It is a positive sign that the Russians have finally begun to consider ending the war,’ Zelenskyy said.

He said the direct talks could start with a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 15.

Ukrainian leadership is prepared to accept an unconditional cease-fire proposed by Washington.

The vice president said Putin had demanded Ukraine surrender territories that Moscow had failed to occupy or capture.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the move, saying it was a moral duty for Europe to hold Moscow accountable for the war.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said a cease-fire Russia called to mark Victory Day over Nazi Germany has turned into a ‘farce.’

The president also said that he would “stay committed” to ending the war in Ukraine.

The new partnership aims to boost military cooperation as the United States pushes Europe to shoulder more responsibility for its own defense.

Kyiv says Ukrainian forces are still active in Kursk despite Russian claims to the contrary.

Zelenskyy touted the U.S.–Ukraine minerals deal as a key outcome of the meeting, urging Ukrainian lawmakers to ratify it quickly.

A letter sent to the State Department seeks answers about the extent to which Chinese mercenaries are fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

The deal will create an investment fund governed by Washington and Kyiv that will oversee all new natural resource projects in Ukraine.

The deal was inked as Ukraine and Russia are engaged in ongoing cease-fire talks.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said negotiators will need to ’resolve a whole series of nuances’ before they can bring an end to the Russia–Ukraine war.

The Kremlin said Kyiv’s view of the proposal for the three-day cessation next month remained ’very difficult to understand.’

Amid tariff negotiations with the U.S. and cease-fire plans for the Russia–Ukraine war, South Africa’s president talked with Trump, Putin, and Zelenskyy.

Russia said that North Korean soldiers had provided ‘significant assistance’ to its military in retaking the Kursk region from Ukrainian control.