Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations president emeritus and Centerview Partners senior counselor, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the Russia-Ukraine war, impact of the incoming Trump administration on ceasefire talks,

Zelensky is personally deeply invested in his own peace plan, particularly as Ukrainians have made enormous sacrifices in the war so far. This does not rule out compromises, but it makes concessions to China, widely seen by Ukrainians as one of Russia’s main supporters in the war, very unlikely.

North Korean troops deployed in Russia's Kursk region are suffering heavy losses and being left unprotected by the Russian forces they are fighting alongside, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Back then, in the first weeks of the war, Russia and Ukraine conducted several rounds of talks in person and online aimed at ending the conflict; although a framework for peace called the Istanbul Communiqué was drawn up,

A template for ending the armed hostilities between Russia and Ukraine is finally on the table. The devil will be in the details.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked China for supporting his country's territorial integrity and emphasised the two nations' improving bilateral relations amid China's intensified efforts to mediate peace,

China's President Xi Jinping will visit Russia in 2025, Russia's state-run RIA news agency quoted Moscow's ambassador to Beijing as saying early on Friday.

By day, Andrii Tymofeiuk works as a business analyst, but by night, he transforms into a volunteer drone maker, crafting affordable devices to support Ukraine’s military. Since April 2024, he and a small group of volunteers have been crafting cost-effective drones to bolster Ukraine’s military.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Ukraine attaches great importance to developing relations with China and hopes to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Russia’s abandonment of the Assad regime to marshal more resources for the fight against Ukraine vividly illustrates that Putin is ready to sacrifice everything for total victory in the war. Although Putin tries to portray himself as a realist, he has become consumed with Ukraine, to the exclusion of almost all other foreign policy imperatives.

The Russian leader said that, if he could do it over, he'd have launched his invasion even earlier than February 2022.