Donald Trump responded to Volodymyr Zelensky's concerns about the U.S. "peace plan" by saying the Ukrainian president should either accept the proposal or "keep fighting."
Trump's 28-point plan offers Moscow territorial recognition and NATO exclusion it couldn't achieve in 2022 Istanbul talks. The plan arrives as Ukraine's government faces its worst wartime corruption crisis.
European leaders are preparing an alternative peace proposal for Ukraine within days, responding to a White House plan that demands Kyiv cede the Donbas region and accept Russia's control of other territories in exchange for Moscow's return to the G8 and sanctions relief
The Verona Philharmonic Theatre has cancelled performances by Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov, a member of Putin's presidential arts council and head of an opera house in occupied Crimea, with Italy's culture minister declaring that Russian art serving "despotic power" has no place in the free world.
Putin keeps promoting Russia’s new nuclear missiles as tools to threaten the United States, while Moscow uses Belarus to menace Europe with the Oreshnik missile.
Ukraine faces "a unique experiment" unseen in Europe for decades, according to British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who has worked with Ukrainian doctors since 1992.
The announcement marks a chilling escalation in the global arms race, as the Kremlin seeks to intimidate both the US and Europe amid stalled peace efforts.
Putin sought to justify Russia’s slow battlefield advances by citing concern for civilian safety, even as Russian forces continue daily attacks on Ukrainian civilians across the country.