Zelensky offers Putin fresh peace talks after weeks of Moscow’s missile strikes - Zelensky said he had offered Putin fresh peace talks starting from next week but did not give any more details

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he wants a meeting with Russia next week to push forward ceasefire talks.

Ukraine has proposed a new round of peace talks with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a move aimed at restarting negotiations that halted last month. Senior security official Rustem Umerov has offered to meet the Russian side next week, Zelensky said in his evening address, adding that everything had to be done to get a ceasefire.

Switzerland made a historic decision that shook the world — it ended its 207-year-old policy of neutrality. For over two centuries, Switzerland maintained a position of neutrality in global conflicts,

US President Donald Trump’s 50-day pause ahead of possible secondary sanctions on Russia gifts the Kremlin a window to exploit the incremental gains of recent weeks in Ukraine’s east.

Russian ground advances across eastern Ukraine appear to be small at first glance — only 1.2 square kilometers on an average per day near the city of Kupiansk. Or, as the Institute for the Study of War notes,

Concerns are growing that Kazakhstan could be at risk of a future Russian invasion, amid claims of the Kremlin's growing influence and signs of a cultural crackdown.

EU and UK increase sanctions on Putin as mass drone attack kills one in Odesa - Ukraine’s allies welcome new EU sanctions package targeting Russian oil and gas industry