Russia could cease fire at any moment, and this would stop the war and our responses,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X.

The war in Ukraine has reached a turning point. Since the failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive, Russia’s full-scale invasion settled into a predictable rhythm of summer and winter offensives, between which the pressure of attacks would ease while Russian units rotated and regrouped.

War complicates firefighting: Minefields and Russian drone strikes are preventing crews from accessing key fire zones, forcing reliance on defensive firebreaks. Scale of destruction: Over 1,100 hectares have burned in Chornobyl’s zone and about 4,300 ...

President Trump hinted a cease-fire may come for Ukraine after he spoke with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about ending the war. Trump said he had a “very good conversation” with Putin regarding both Ukraine and Iran, with the president ...

In a stern warning that cited civilian casualties in war-torn eastern Ukraine, Russia on Wednesday demanded that the Ukrainian government reinstate a cease-fire and halt its military operation aimed at suppressing the pro-Russian separatist insurrection ...

Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of violating the Orthodox Easter cease-fire thousands of times over the weekend.

When a large explosion shook ⁠Olha ⁠Mudra's apartment block in Kyiv in ⁠the early hours of Tuesday, it felt like the end of the world. Mudra, her ​hair covered in dust and face smeared with soot, recalled the moment when the blast occurred,