Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that “it is obvious that Russia is trying to buy time to continue the war.”

Bridget Brink, an East Grand Rapids native and the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, recently resigned over policy disagreements with the Trump administration.

Russia and Ukraine’s first direct talks in three years began Friday with hopes as dim as the gray Istanbul skies.

Pope Leo XIV has confirmed his willingness for the Vatican to host the next round of Ukraine peace talks, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni said."Finding in the Holy Father confirmation of the readiness to host the next talks between the parties in the Vatican,

The U.S. president said he would speak to Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss trade and "stopping the 'bloodbath'" in Ukraine.

With future U.S. aid in doubt, Kyiv is ramping up domestic production of arms such as its Bohdana howitzer.

Ukrainian officials and analysts say Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has few options but to draw U.S. President Donald Trump’s ire against Vladimir Putin, while depending on Europe’s support.

A Russian drone has struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, killing nine people and injuring seven others.