The announcement was made ahead of an expected prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia on Friday – an outcome of last week’s face-to-face talks in Turkey, the first time the two countries have held direct talks at any level in three years.

Ukrainian officials and analysts say that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has few options but to draw U.S.

Putin and Trump skip Turkey summit leaving peace talks hanging in balance - Moscow has sent a ‘low level’ delegation to meet Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul, while Trump says he could fly to Tur

Ukrainian officials say Russia launched more than 100 drones, rejecting calls for a ceasefire as Zelenskyy says he'll "be waiting for Putin" to join him for direct talks in Turkey.

In this handout photo released by Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their meeting at the Presidential palace in Ankara,

Richard Haass, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, speaks with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about what he’s expecting from President Trump’s phone calls with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO leaders in separate phone calls on Monday to try to arrange a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine agreed to direct talks in the three-year-old war on May 15 in Istanbul ... before he departed that he might attend the Turkey talks, if he thought it it would be helpful.

Pictures from the Ukrainian war front. Taken on November 11, 2024 in Toretsk, Donetsk region, where Ukrainian and Russian soldiers are engaged in violent battles.