Diplomats and defense chiefs from Britain, the U.S., European nations and Ukraine will meet in London on Wednesday to push for a peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv. British Defense Secretary John Healey said the meeting of foreign ministers and national security advisers follows talks last week in Paris and will include “what a

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend talks in London aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday, after earlier saying he planned to travel to London.

Zelenskiy said a 30-hour Easter truce proclaimed by Russia, which each side accused the other of violating, showed that it was Russia's actions "that are prolonging the war". He a

The Ukrainian president said his country would never recognize Russian control of Crimea, a key Russian demand.

Ukraine says it was struck by a new barrage of deadly Russian air attacks as an Easter ceasefire ended and as the US pushes for a deal between Moscow and Kyiv to end the three-year-long conflict.

The Trump administration believes that Ukraine could allegedly "de facto" agree to hand over 20% of its territory to Russian invaders as part of a possible peace deal with Moscow, the New York Post reports.