A PEACE deal to end the bloody war in Ukraine appears to be closer than ever following America’s offer to provide Kyiv with iron-clad security guarantees. The dialogues at the Berlin peace summit

The United States, Ukraine and major European countries have reached consensus on 90 percent of terms for a deal to end Ukraine’s war with Russia, two senior U.S. officials said Monday, but

Ukraine’s armed forces are under mounting pressure as the war drags on, facing shortages of equipment, relentless Russian attacks and an increasingly serious internal challenge.

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A series of AI-generated deepfakes and videos, many made with OpenAI's Sora, appears to show Ukrainian soldiers apologizing to the Russian people and blaming their government for the war.

A Russian soldier said the situation was 'insane' and that bodies were lying everywhere, as they were picked off by swarms of drones and mortar fire.

On November 28, Ukrainian Sea Baby unmanned surface vessels (USVs) struck two Russian oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, in the Black Sea. The tankers are part of Russia’s shadow fleet, a group of ships that Russia uses to evade Western sanctions.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Kremlin official said Friday that Russian police and National Guard will stay on in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas and oversee the industry-rich region, even if a peace settlement ends Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin thanked the Russian army on Thursday after commanders told him that their forces had taken full control of the town of Siversk in eastern Ukraine, but Ukraine's military said it remained in control there.

President Volodymyr Zelensky filmed himself near the front line to show that his army was capable of mounting a counteroffensive. Ukraine retaking control of the city of Kupiansk would represent its only successful counteroffensive in 2025.

Ukraine has relinquished its ambition of joining the NATO military alliance in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin.