Trump likened the war in Ukraine which Russia invaded in early 2022 to a fight between two young children who hated each other.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian aircraft were damaged but not destroyed in a June 1 attack by Ukraine, and they will be restored, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with the state news agency TASS

(Reuters) -Russian drones struck apartment buildings in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, triggering fires and injuring 17 people, including two children, Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said early on Thursday

Ukraine is still digesting the full implications of Operation Spider's Web, writes our correspondent.

Putin in the call with Trump vowed retaliation against Ukraine for its recent drone attack on Russian bombers, the U.S

MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy said the risk of escalation from the war in Ukraine was "going way up" after Ukrainian forces used drones to strike nuclear-capable bombers at several airbases deep inside Russia

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain pledged on Wednesday to supply 100,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of the current financial year in April 2026, marking a tenfold increase, after saying the unmanned aerial vehicles had transformed the way wars are fought

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that the point of holding peace talks with Ukraine was to ensure a swift and complete Russian victory

(Reuters) -Russia's overnight attacks killed one person in Ukraine's northeastern region of Kharkiv and injured several more in the northern city of Chernihiv, regional Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday

(Reuters) -Russian shelling killed at least five people on Monday in different frontline areas of eastern Ukraine, officials said

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia are meeting in Turkiye for direct peace talks, however expectations are low for any significant progress

The BBC's Paul Adams reflects on the impact of Ukraine's major drone attack on Russian bombers.

Russia has proposed holding the second round of talks with Ukraine next week, but Ukraine wants to see Russia's proposals for a peace deal before it sends a delegation to Turkiye.

Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.

The US president's remarks on Wednesday come as Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine

(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday about the preparation of "concrete proposals" for a new round of direct talks with Ukraine, the Russian foreign ministry said

The BBC reports from Donetsk where swarms of fibre optic drones give Russia the edge as Ukraine defends towns behind the front line.

KYIV/DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) -Mariupol natives Oleksandr and Liudmyla Lytvyn fled home three years ago during Russia's 86-day siege of the port city in southern Ukraine

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia, according to three Russian sources with knowledge of the negotiations

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will announce the next round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in the nearest future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia has massed more than 50,000 troops, including some of its best forces, near Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, but Kyiv has taken steps to prevent them from conducting a large-scale offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said

Relations between war-torn Ukraine and its Nato neighbour Hungary plummet to a new low.

ANKARA (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's foreign minister discussed at a meeting in Moscow efforts to end the war in Ukraine and developments since direct talks between the warring parties, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said

(Reuters) -Russian drone attacks injured three people in Ukraine's south and southeast overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday

A Russian couple living in Ukraine were so appalled by the invasion, they shared information about Russian forces in their town with Kyiv.

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed deep unhappiness at Russia's weekend bombing of Ukraine, saying of Russian President Vladimir Putin, "I'm not happy with Putin." Read full story

Deaths were reported in Ukraine's west and south regions and the capital Kyiv, while Russia says it destroyed 95 Ukrainian drones.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian troops advancing slowly on the eastern front of the war in Ukraine have captured two settlements in Donetsk region as well as one in Ukraine's northern region of Sumy, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday

At least 13 people were killed the the latest Russian aerial attack across Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 600 prisoners in a rare sign of cooperation, just hours after a massive Russian missile and drone attack injured at least 15 in Kyiv.

On Ukraine peace talks, the Kremlin has played for time through deflections and side-steps, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.

(Reuters) -Ukraine should abandon any notion of restoring its borders established with the 1991 collapse of Soviet rule or even those dating from the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion, the country's former military commander was quoted as saying on Thursday

KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian missile attack killed six servicemen and injured at least 10 more during training on Tuesday, Ukraine's national guard said in a statement on Wednesday

Statements from both world leaders reveal two very different realities about ending the war in Ukraine

TORONTO (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday reaffirmed the country's support for Ukraine in his first face-to-face meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy since winning the election

The US president said the pair would speak on Monday, and he would later talk to Ukraine's President Zelensky.

Another seven people are injured in Ukraine's north-eastern Sumy region, local officials say.

Oscar Jenkins, 33, is sentenced to 13 years by a Russian-controlled court in eastern Ukraine.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces seized two more settlements in their drive through eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv made no such acknowledgement and its top commander said battles raged over 1,100 km of the front line

The US secretary of state says he does not have high expectations for Ukraine-Russia peace talks due to be held in Turkey.

The Russian president had been challenged by Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to meet in person at the talks on Thursday.

There is cautious optimism in eastern Ukraine as talks are set to take place in Istanbul.

and European diplomats went on a flurry of calls in the hours after U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks later this week, trying to find a path that would bring an end to the war in Ukraine

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul that he said should be aimed at achieving a durable peace and eliminating the root causes of the war

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul

Leaders from four major European countries threatened to ratchet up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin if he does not accept an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine.

The alert for Kyiv was issued a day after U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his call for a 30-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia.

The coalition reflects concern among Europeans that the U.S. no longer represents a bulwark of support for Ukraine's three-year-old battle against a full-blown Russian invasion.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Friday paraded combat drones that its forces use in the war in Ukraine on Moscow's Red Square in what state TV said was a first

Ukraine's security service says the state-backed spy network sought to obtain information about air defences.

The BBC's Yogita Limaye went to the Donetsk region of Ukraine to speak to soldiers about life on the frontline

Ukrainehas said it is ready to accept a U.S

Ukrainian lawmakers also unanimously approveda landmark minerals dealwith the U.S. that will create a joint investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine.