Russia-Ukraine War

Ukraine's Zelensky vows to press on with prisoner exchanges with Russia

Zelensky vowed to continue prisoner swaps, warning Russia’s delays harm peace efforts.

President Volodymyr Zelenski speaks during a press briefing following phone calls with U.S. President Donald Trump, amid Russia?s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 19, 2025.

France approaches Renault over potential drone production for Ukraine

 TIRANA, ALBANIA - MAY 16: President of France Emmanuel Macron speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the 6th European Political Community summit on May 16, 2025 in Tirana, Albania.

Jewish community in Zhytomyr mourns beloved teacher killed in Ukraine war

 The Jewish community in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, is mourning the death of Andriy Vitaliyovych Kurovskyy, a longtime computer science teacher at the Or Avner Chabad Jewish school

WATCH: Ukraine blows up Russia's bridge to Crimea with underwater explosives

 Reported CCTV footage of the bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula demolished by underwater explosives.

Lessons from the drone attack on Russia’s airbases - analysis

 The Ukrainian attack on the Russian airfields has been seen as a game-changer in warfare.

 A serviceman from the mobile air defense unit of the 115th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a Browning machine gun towards a Russian drone during an overnight shift, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine June 2, 2025.

Russia sets out two Ukraine ceasefire options, state media say

Ukrainian officials say there are hundreds of children who were forcibly removed from Ukrainian territory by Russian forces, and it wants them returned as part of a peace deal.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov walks after a meeting at Ciragan Palace on the day of the second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 2, 2025.

WATCH: Ukraine drones destroy 40+ Russian bombers in airport strike, footage shows

The drones used in the strike were part of a continuing campaign to neutralize the aircraft responsible for regular bombardments of Ukrainian cities. Ukraine notified Trump in advance.

 Reported footage of a Ukranian drone damaging Russian bomber planes.

Putin's helicopter caught in Ukrainian drone attack while visiting Kursk region - report

This comes as Russia and Ukraine exchanged 1,000 prisoners of war over the weekend.

 Emergency workers extinguish fires in the debris of a private house that was destroyed in a Russian rocket strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Markhalivka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 25, 2025.

Trump says Russia, Ukraine to begin peace talks immediately

Ceasefire negotiations are said to begin between Ukraine and Russia with aid from Trump.

 US President Donald Trump gestures, while he boards Air Force One, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025.

Russia plans to launch intercontinental ballistic missile on Sunday, Kyiv says

The overnight launch was ordered to be implemented from Russia's Sverdlovsk region.

Ukrainian police officers seen in the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 12, 2025

Peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelensky in Turkey

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the US didn't have high expectations for the talks, and several world leaders slammed Putin's decision to not come.

 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey May 15, 2025.

Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after three years of war

Putin said that Russia was proposing direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul in an attempt to "eliminate the root causes of the conflict" and "to achieve the restoration of a long-term, lasting peace."

 Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a statement to the media at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia May 11, 2025.

Iran to send Russia launchers for short-range missiles, sources say

The delivery of the Fath-360 launchers - if it occurs - would help support Russia's grinding assault on its neighbor and reaffirm the deepening security ties between Moscow and Tehran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attend a meeting in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

Russian shelling destroys home of Ukraine’s Eurovision contestant

The singer was in Sweden at the time of the Russian attack, practising for her performance with the band Ziferblat.

Khrystyna Starykova.