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

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are due to hold their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in ...

After days of confusion and theatrics, direct peace talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators took place Friday in Istanbul for the first time since the start of the war, resulting in an ...

President Donald Trump is on the fourth and final day of his Middle East trip. Today, the president plans to tour an interfaith site in Abu Dhabi before returning to Washington. Trump said yesterday ...

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agree to a prisoner swap but made no major breakthroughs in Istanbul ceasefire talks.

Russia and Ukraine agreed to a prisoner exchange at peace talks in Turkey on Friday, which was led by a U.S. delegation ...

Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each during peace talks held in Istanbul on Friday, in what ...

As of May 13, 2025, Russian forces occupied 112,757 square kilometers (43,536 square miles), which constituted 18.7% of the Ukrainian territory and which is roughly equivalent to the state of Virginia ...

After dangling the possibility of his attendance, Trump said he would stay away but still wants to meet with Putin, further ...

The Prime Minister said he and European allies spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump on Friday to begin “closely aligning” a response to Russia’s “unacceptable” position in ...

President Donald Trump has taken an intense personal interest in ending the war between Ukraine and Russia, recently suggesting that “nothing” will happen until he has an official meeting with Russian ...

The negotiations took place a day later than planned amid low expectations for a breakthrough, after Russian President ...