Ukraine-Russia War

Zelensky says Ukraine ready for energy ceasefire if Russia agrees

Zelensky says Ukraine will do whatever it can to organize a high-level meeting with the US within the next two weeks on a peace deal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace, in Rome, Italy, July 9, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd during a meeting with bishpops, priests consacrated persons and personal workers at the shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, northeast of the capital Beirut, on December 1, 2025.

'A just and lasting peace': Pope Leo calls for dialogue after meeting Ukraine's Zelensky

Russian President Vladimir Putin and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands as they attend a presentation of a joint statement after their delegation level talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, December 5, 2025.

Top Indian arms makers held rare meetings in Russia on potential joint ventures, sources say

 A visitor holds an Egyptian weapon at the Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX), showcasing military systems and hardware, in Cairo, Egypt, December 7, 2023.

'Big hopes for Africa': Defense firms scramble for drone market at Egypt arms expo


Outgoing US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg says Ukraine-Russia peace deal is 'really close'

Those proposals, which Russia now says contain 27 points, have been split up into four different components, according to the Kremlin. The exact contents are not in the public domain.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with US Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg as they meet, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 14, 2025.

Kremlin welcomes end to ‘direct threat’ label in US strategy, TASS reports

The Kremlin praised the revised US national security strategy for dropping language labeling Russia a direct threat and urging limited cooperation on strategic stability.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov attend a meeting with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025; illustrative.

Putin arrest warrant will stand even if Ukraine agrees to amnesty, ICC prosecutors say

Russia rejects the ICC's jurisdiction and has repeatedly denied allegations of war crimes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a command post of Russia's joint force grouping in the course of a military conflict against Ukraine at an unidentified location, in this still image taken from video released December 1, 2025

US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say

In the meeting, Pentagon officials indicated that Washington was not yet satisfied with the strides Europe has made to boost its defense capabilities since Russia's expanded invasion of Ukraine.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, after a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers at the Alliance headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium October 15, 2025.

Woman suspected by France of spying has ties to Kremlin proxies, social media posts show

A 40-year-old Russian woman is suspected by French prosecutors of approaching company executives to obtain information on French economic interests.

Anna Novikova, a French-Russian national detained in France on suspicion of espionage, has an extensive network of ties with Kremlin proxies, looks on, in this screengrab obtained from an undated video, in Donetsk region, Ukraine.

Ukraine optimistic on Russia peace, but not at any price, Kyiv official Iryna Mudra tells 'Post'

Iryna Mudra to 'Post': Ukraine committed to diplomacy based on international law, not Russian demands • On Israel ties: 'We want Israeli businesses to become core architects of Ukraine's future'

Then-deputy justice minister of Ukraine Iryna Mudra talks to the media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarters, February 4, 2025

Russia says no Ukraine compromise reached after five-hour Putin talks with Trump envoys

"There is still a lot of work to be done," Russian President Vladimir Putin's top foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters at a briefing in the Kremlin.

Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025.

Russia claims to capture Pokrovsk ahead of Witkoff visit for peace talks

The Russian defense ministry has since posted videos of soldiers in the “center” of Pokrovsk raising the Russian tricolor flag.

Russian troops at the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

Putin's warning: Russia is prepared to go to war against Europe

"If Europe suddenly wants to start a war with us and starts it," Putin said, then it would end so swiftly for Europe that there would be no one to negotiate with in Europe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a command post of Russia's joint force grouping in the course of a military conflict against Ukraine at an unidentified location, in this still image taken from video released December 1, 2025

US envoys Witkoff and Kushner to meet Putin in Moscow for Ukraine-Russia peace talks

Key Russian demands for peace include a pledge that Ukraine never join NATO, caps on its army, and recognition of Moscow's control of annexed regions.

Jared Kushner (L) and White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (R) arrive to attend a joint press conference held by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the State Dining Room at the White House, September 29, 2025.

Israeli Lior Navok wins prestigious Engel Prize for Ukraine war composition

Navok describes his 10-minute orchestral piece, 'Blue, Yellow, Smoke,' composed during the early days of the Russia-Ukraine War, as trying to 'capture the melancholic mood of war.'

PRIZE-WINNING composer Lior Navok.