Russia’s war against Ukraine has continued to escalate despite frequent appeals from the White House to reach a deal to bring the war to an end.

The Russian leader is convinced that Moscow’s battlefield superiority is growing, and that Ukraine’s defenses may collapse in the coming months, according to people close to the Kremlin.

Ukraine's air force says that Russia has fired a record 728 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight as well as 13 missiles.

For a fleeting moment, Ukraine’s conflict may have come full circle. In the past 48 hours, US President Donald Trump has perhaps said his most forcefully direct words yet on arming Ukraine. And in the same period,

The demand by Sergey Lavrov, the foreign minister of the aggressor country, to enshrine “denazification” in the peace agreement demonstrates that Russia rejects peace efforts and resorts to ultimatums in 2022.

As Russia seeks to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defences, the US has resumed deliveries of some weapons including precision-guided rockets.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the U.S. and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks after he met with his Russian counterpart in Malaysia Thursday.