Russian President Vladimir Putin escalated hostilities on Friday by issuing a stark directive to “finish off” Ukrainian forces, following his earlier-ordered strikes on a Ukrainian energy facility—an act that violated the U.S.-backed “partial” Black Sea ceasefire with Ukraine.
President Donald Trump has announced that he is walking away from a potential minerals deal with Ukraine, and is suggesting that the U.S. takes a stake in a nuclear power plant in the war-ridden country instead.
United States Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, revealed on Monday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky apologized to President Donald Trump in a letter following their public shouting match in the Oval Office.
GOP Senator Lindsey Graham warned on Sunday that ending Ukrainian aid would be “worse than Afghanistan.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with Poland’s foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski, calling him ungrateful for Elon Musk’s Starlink aid after Sikorski suggested Ukraine might need an alternative.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on X that the President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on revoking legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians.
Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin stated on Sunday that he doesn’t “believe for one second” that Russia would invade any other countries out of “fear” of President Donald Trump.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that he is willing to resign from the presidency in exchange for peace or a NATO membership.
President Donald Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s poor favorability among Ukrainians, referring to him as a “Dictator” who refuses to hold elections.
Senior U.S. and Russian officials began talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to begin negotiating the end to the war in Ukraine.