The president has wavered in his faith in Ukraine since returning to the White House, telling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a February White House confrontation that he didn’t “have the cards,” before appearing to change his mind in September, advocating for Ukraine to win all of its land back “in its original form.”

At least three oil tankers have been hit by explosions in what appears to be a stepped up unilateral effort by Ukraine to sink Russia's sanctions-dodging oil sales.

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

But they spared civilian boats, even those carrying Russian oil from Russian ports to finance the Russian war on Ukraine. Only in the past two weeks has Ukraine set aside those rules of engagement. Amid the latest U.

Seven months after the Ukrainian leader's iconic Vatican photo with Trump, peace with Russia still seems like a distant prospect.

Russia has launched a significant missile and drone attack on Ukraine, coinciding with ongoing U.S.-mediated peace talks in Florida.

The prime target of the attacks was the industrial city of Kremenchuk, Ukraine, where some energy infrastructure was attacked, officials said.