By Tom Balmforth, Andreas Rinke, John Irish KYIV/BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) -For Ukraine and its allies, who spent months trying to win Donald Trump over to their cause in the war started by Russia, it is back to square one.

Putin visits battle-scarred Kursk and Ukrainian ex-MP shot dead on school run - UK and EU announce new wave of sanctions, with British measures alone affecting 100 entities and individuals

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has commented on Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin's effective rejection of a ceasefire in Ukraine following his May 19 phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Russian leader traveled to the region in the west of the country where a surprise incursion last year embarrassed Moscow.

President Vladimir Putin has visited Russia's Kursk region for the first time since Moscow said that it drove out Ukrainian forces from the area in April.

The US President and his Russian counterpart spoke for 40 minutes on Thursday as they discussed peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, with Donald Trump reportedly making a pledge to Putin that he wou

Pope Leo XIV has confirmed his willingness for the Vatican to host the next round of Ukraine peace talks, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni said."Finding in the Holy Father confirmation of the readiness to host the next talks between the parties in the Vatican,

Moscow’s proposal for peace talks backfired as Ukraine’s European allies persuaded Zelensky to accept U.S. cease-fire plan.