Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky warns Putin is planning ‘massive’ attack ahead of Sunday peace talks Every Russian strike 'discredits' the ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the war, says Zelensky The Independent UK · Jan 28
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to sabotage peace talks with ‘typical Russian lies’ Russia’s claim it foiled drone attack on Putin residence shows ‘they do not want to finish this war’, Ukrainian president says The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2025
Trump Says Ukraine War Deal Closer Than Ever After Secretive Mar-a-Lago Talks Donald Trump says a Ukraine peace deal is close after secretive Mar-a-Lago talks with Zelensky, but key obstacles remain. International Business Times · Dec 29, 2025
Breakthrough or Bluff? Trump Says Ukraine War Deal Closer Than Ever After Secretive Mar-a-Lago Talks Donald Trump says a Ukraine peace deal is close after secretive Mar-a-Lago talks with Zelensky, but key obstacles remain. International Business Times UK · Dec 29, 2025
Trump says US and Ukraine 'a lot closer' on peace deal but 'thorny issues' remain US President Donald Trump has said that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, but acknowledged that the fate of the Donbas region remains a key unresolved issue. Radio France Internationale · Dec 29, 2025
Trump and Zelenskyy meet in Florida – as it happened This blog is closed The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2025
Zelenskyy to Meet Trump Sunday in Florida as Peace Plan Nears Completion Despite Putin's Donbas Demands Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Donald Trump on Sunday in Florida to discuss a nearly complete 20-point peace plan. International Business Times UK · Dec 27, 2025
Zelensky to meet Trump for high-stakes talks in Mar-a-Lago in bid to seal peace deal by new year European leaders may take part online as Zelensky looks to ‘finalise’ an agreement he says is ‘90% completed’ The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025
Zelensky open to withdrawing troops for demilitarised zone in Ukraine in new peace plan President stresses most sensitive issues of 20-point peace plan require meeting with leaders despite progress in talks The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025
Ukraine and US agree on most points of peace plan except Donbas and nuclear plant, Zelenskyy says Ukraine and the US have agreed on most points of a 20-point peace plan with Russia, but control of Donbas and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant remains contentious, Ukrainian president said. Moscow is expected to respond on Wednesday. Euronews · Dec 24, 2025
Ukraine hits Russian oil terminal, jets and ships in wave of strikes Meanwhile, Russia continued its strikes on Ukraine, firing scores of drones at Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight and attacking targets in Ukraine's Donbas. Euronews · Dec 22, 2025
Kremlin official says Russian police and National Guard to stay in Ukraine's Donbas even after peace A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025
Ukraine-Russia war latest: EU agrees indefinite freeze on €210bn of Russian assets Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington insisted the meeting ‘only covered national security related issues’ The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025
US wants Ukraine to withdraw from Donbas and create ‘free economic zone’, says Zelenskyy Ukrainian president says plan would not be fair without guarantees that Russia would not simply take over zone The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Dec 9, 2025 Ukraine war briefing: ‘Donbas Cowboy’ – Russians jailed for killing US volunteer on their side Russell Bentley, 63, was grabbed and tortured by soldiers who thought he was spying for Ukraine; $800m US arms shortfall, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,385
Euronews · Dec 5, 2025 Putin vows Russia will take Donbas by force if Ukraine's troops will not withdraw Putin's comments follow the latest flurry of meetings set in motion by US President Donald Trump in what has been the most intense diplomatic push to stop the fighting since Russia launched its war against Ukraine nearly four years ago.
The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2025 Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump Jr warns US could end support for Kyiv ahead of London peace talks Sir Keir Starmer will meet with Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in London on Monday
The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025 Mapped: Inside fierce battle for Pokrovsk as Ukraine denies Russia has captured key city Kyiv has denied claims that Russia has captured the key strategic town in the Donbas
Axios · Nov 19, 2025 Scoop: Trump plan asks Ukraine to cede additional territory for security guarantee "We are now going to wait. The ball is in Zelensky's court."
The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025 South Africa launches investigation into 17 citizens fighting in Ukraine Men aged 20 to 39 ‘lured to join mercenary force’ in Donbas region have requested assistance to return home
The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025 South Africa investigates how 17 men were duped into joining mercenaries in the Russia-Ukraine war The South African government says it will investigate how 17 of its citizens were tricked into fighting as mercenaries in the Russia-Ukraine war after they asked for help to escape the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region
The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025 Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump sanctions Russian oil giants over Putin’s ‘lack of commitment to peace’ US president said he has good conversations with his Moscow counterpart but they ‘just don’t go anywhere’
The Conversation · Oct 21, 2025 When it comes to Ukraine peace negotiations, it’s all over the map Donald Trump is reportedly “sick” of seeing maps of the front line in Ukraine. Indeed, according to one European official’s account, he tossed aside Ukrainian delegation maps during his latest meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Oct. 17, 2025.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2025 Trump suggests carving up Ukraine’s Donbas region to end war after meeting with Zelenskyy Trump made the comments after a tense meeting with Zelenskyy in which the Ukraine leader failed to secure supplies of Tomahawk missiles
Radio France Internationale · Oct 4, 2025 French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed in Ukraine drone attack Antoni Lallican, an award-winning French photographer on assignment in Ukraine, died in a drone attack in the eastern Donbas region on Friday, press groups have announced. It is the first time a journalist has been killed by a drone in Ukraine in more than three years of war with Russia.