ISW: Zelenskyy keeps offering to meet Putin, the Kremlin keeps refusing
Zelenskyy wants talks with Putin before winter, possibly in the US. The Kremlin denies the latest offer was made.
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Two birthday calls: Zelenskyy thanked Trump for “every step from Javelins to Patriots.” Putin told Trump to make Zelenskyy come to Moscow
The Zelenskyy call lasted 35 minutes and produced a G7 meeting. The claimed Putin call lasted 55 minutes and produced another Witkoff trip.
ISW: Russia’s grand territorial ambitions are divorced from battlefield reality
The think tank noted that Russian forces first infiltrated Kostiantynivka in October 2025 and have made no significant tactical gains in six months, even as Peskov restated Moscow's withdrawal demand on four oblasts.
Ukraine pitches EU on an “airport ceasefire” with Russia—Moscow’s two main airports are now in Ukrainian striking range
Ukraine's FM says the mutual halt could give Russia an incentive to engage, while letting European leaders broker as a complementary track to US-led talks.
“Unyielding resolve is needed for the defense of Ukraine”: King Charles to US Congress
The British king invoked the US-UK alliance forged through several wars to call for the same resolve in Ukraine's defense — and warned against turning "ever more inward looking."
Trump claims ongoing “good conversations” with Putin and Zelenskyy, won’t say when
In a Fox News interview, the US president groundlessly reiterated that the personal animosity between the two leaders is the obstacle to peace.
Ukraine FM: Ukraine asked Türkiye to host Zelenskyy-Putin talks — but “Putin is hiding”
Foreign Minister Sybiha said Ukraine has conveyed the proposal to Turkish partners, with Erdoğan and Trump possibly at the table.
Russia talks compromise, demands capitulation — and is lying to Trump while preparing more occupation, Zelenskyy says
Moscow's logic is internally consistent but strategically unacceptable: Ukrainian withdrawal would stop Russian casualties while giving Russia the foothold it needs for further occupation.
Norway drops $200 million lifeline into Ukraine’s budget—10 million pensioners teachers and emergency workers rely on it
Since 2022, $52 billion mobilized, as massive global effort sustains Ukraine’s resilience.
Ukraine brings home 300 more soldiers and two civilians on second day of POW swap — 500 freed in total over two days
Ukraine confirmed the final stage of the exchange agreed in Geneva, returning soldiers from across all branches — including Mariupol defenders held since 2022.
Iran hit Abu Dhabi but not the peace talks — Kyiv says the next Ukraine-Russia-US round is still days away
The Ukrainian president says the 5-6 March trilateral is on track — he prefers Geneva, though Austria, the Vatican, or Turkey are also options if Russia wants a neutral venue.
UNGA backs Ukraine’s peace resolution with 107 votes, rejects US push to drop territorial integrity
On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, 69 countries voted down Washington's proposal to strip sovereignty and territorial integrity language from the text — only 11 backed the US move.
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of “playing games” with Trump — and names the one thing that would actually hurt Putin
It's not battlefield weapons. It's cutting Moscow's revenues funding Russia's war machine, he told FT.
Bilateral deals for Washington, maximalist war aims for Moscow — ISW maps the Kremlin’s two-track play
While Lavrov blamed Ukraine and the EU and railed against Western security guarantees, Kremlin officials were at the same time calling on Washington to lift “illegal” sanctions and calculate the price of frozen US–Russian commerce.
EU wants Russia to hold free elections and withdraw troops from Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Transnistria— as part of a Ukraine peace deal, leaked paper shows
The document, circulated by EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas among member states, also calls for nuclear weapons removal from Belarus, reparations, and free elections inside Russia.
Geneva talks hit impasse over Medinsky’s demands as Witkoff claims “meaningful progress”
The political track of US-brokered trilateral negotiations stalled on 17 February after Russia swapped its delegation chief for a Kremlin propagandist.
Russia’s election demand for Ukraine comes with a catch — only a pro-Kremlin result will do, ISW says
Moscow uses the "illegitimate government" claim to insist on controlling Ukraine's politics. ISW warns the US must lock in security guarantees before any territory deal to prevent Russia from rejecting them after Ukraine has already committed to concessions.
Reuters: US pushes Ukraine toward a March peace deal with Russia and unrealistic May elections
The Witkoff-Kushner negotiating team has pressed Kyiv to move fast, warning that Trump will have less political capital for a deal as congressional midterms approach, according to sources familiar with the talks.
$1 billion in trade cuts, a crude oil shipping ban, and a crypto crackdown: what the EU’s proposed sanctions package would hit
Von der Leyen urges member states to endorse the package before the war's fourth anniversary, citing Russia's 24% oil revenue collapse as proof that sanctions work
Baltic leaders call on Europe to claim its seat at Russia-Ukraine peace talks
Latvia's PM and Estonia's president say Europe must stop watching from the sidelines and get its own representative into the room where the war's future is being shaped.