Symbolic imageRussia, Ukraine and the US opened talks in Abu Dhabi, with Europeans taking part. Trump says Ukraine will end up with a "little bit different shape", while a US official says both sides showed private flexibility on territory.
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. Ukraine and its Western backers stand against Russia, and various governments and mediators, including the US, have sought to broker talks to end the fighting.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has threatened to block the EU's 2028-2034 budget unless all member states commit to long-term financial support for Ukraine, the Financial Times reported. Meduza, citing that report, names Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic as the holdouts.
Data taken in a cyberattack on Russia's statistics agency Rosstat suggests more than 400,000 Russians have died fighting in Ukraine, according to The Guardian, while Politika cites more than 450,000. Le Monde reports that Belarusian and Ukrainian hackers got into Rosstat's computers and that Bloomberg published the figures.
France says Europeans will be at the US-mediated Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday. Trump says ending the war could change Ukraine's borders.
Russia sends senior diplomats and officers to US-mediated talks with Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday, the first since February. Zelensky calls Trump's European security plan dangerous.
Trump announced a sweeping agreement after meeting Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev, and Europeans fear exclusion. US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks open in Abu Dhabi on 10 November.
Kpler analyst Matt Smith said two of three Russian diesel cargoes bound for the US were diverted, and the Financial Times also reported that tankers changed course. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment, while Russian envoy Dmitriev said the vessels remained on course.
Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White House on Thursday and urged a lasting truce before Abu Dhabi talks.
Zelensky honoured Melania Trump with a state order for the Oleshky truce, and Moscow named its envoys for a meeting she is hosting. The Kremlin hopes Donald Trump keeps mediating after the Republican midterm defeat.
The US, Russia and Ukraine will hold talks in Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November, US envoy Steve Witkoff announced. Zelensky and Merz used a Berlin meeting to demand a European role.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Washington proposed letting Russia sell gas to Europe through an American intermediary, and that European officials firmly reject the idea. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that it is hardly possible to talk about Russian gas transit to the EU now.
Russian bombs hit a school used for aid in Komyshuvakha, killing 18, Zelensky says. Kyiv and Moscow dispute how the Oleshky truce was used.
Russia's FSB says it detained a minor who posted a TikTok video threatening a crime in Moscow's Tsaritsyno park, while it was checking US intelligence on a possible attack in the capital. According to the FSB, events at the museum and park were cancelled and security was stepped up during the probe.
The Wall Street Journal reports in an exclusive that the United States is pushing to restore Russian gas sales to Europe via Ukraine. Reuters and Handelsblatt relayed the report on Monday, with Handelsblatt wording it cautiously (apparently).
A six-day truce in Oleshky expired on Sunday evening after roughly 700 to 750 residents left. Russian strikes and Ukrainian attacks on energy sites continued.
Hundreds of residents of Russian-held Oleshky reached Ukraine on Saturday via Belarus under a local truce. Elsewhere the war went on, with strikes on Ukraine's grid and on Russian refineries.
Russia and Ukraine began evacuating occupied Oleshky on Friday under a local truce. Europeans fear being shut out of the coming talks.
A local ceasefire around Oleshky has held for over two days as an aid mission prepares. Finland and Norway's call with Putin has split the Nordic states.
The local ceasefire around Oleshky was still being observed on Wednesday, with the evacuation expected within days. Trump says a meeting with Putin and Zelensky will be set up soon.
A US-backed local ceasefire began around occupied Oleshky on Tuesday to evacuate civilians. Finland's and Norway's leaders also phoned Putin.
Zelensky says peace talks with Russia and the US will resume and Kyiv wants them brought forward, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says resuming them implies no restrictions on combat. Ahead of a local ceasefire around Oleshky (Alyoshki in Russian), Russia says Ukraine has repeatedly struck the town, and Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova rejects Kyiv's demand for forced evacuation of children.
Zelensky confirmed on Sunday that Russia, Ukraine and the US will meet in November. A local ceasefire in occupied Oleshky is due to begin on Tuesday.
Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield are back at normal speeds after more than a week of throttling. Elon Musk says Ukraine's military violated Starlink's terms of service.
Russia and Ukraine agreed a local ceasefire to evacuate civilians from occupied Oleshky, which the White House says Melania Trump secured. Trilateral talks with the US are planned for early November.
Russia says it will resume talks with the US and Ukraine, possibly in Abu Dhabi, after Putin freed an American prisoner.
Putin received US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg on Wednesday and freed American Stephen Hubbard. The Kremlin says it is ready to resume trilateral talks with the US and Ukraine.
Trump said someone else should negotiate for Ukraine, while Zelensky accused Washington of withholding air-defence missiles. Rubio denied any political motive.
Ukraine, Finland, Norway and US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks in Oslo on Tuesday. Witkoff is due to take the ideas to Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Wednesday.
Russia has proposed a three-way meeting with Trump and Xi in China next month, without Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported. Trump again accused Zelensky of not wanting peace.
Zelensky says Washington is pushing Ukraine to capitulate, Bloomberg reports, after Trump waived Russia sanctions for up to 60 days. The US has resumed intelligence sharing with Kyiv.
Trump suspended tariffs and sanctions on Russia under the Graham Act days before they took effect. Zelensky calls it a reward for Putin.
Trump attacked Zelensky on Friday over Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian refineries, while EU leaders in Brussels backed Kyiv. Ukraine's military Starlink access was throttled.
Ukraine's military lost Starshield connectivity on moving platforms for about a day, and Kyiv says it gets no US warnings of Russian missile strikes. Washington and Musk each deny responsibility.
Zelensky said Ukraine will again attack Russian refineries, and drones set the Ryazan refinery on fire on Thursday. Moscow accuses Kyiv of undermining US peace efforts.
SpaceX restricted military Starlink service in Ukraine without warning, Kyiv says, disrupting drone missions. Zelensky says Trump has taken a side that is not Ukraine's.
Russian strikes left at least 600,000 Ukrainians without power, days after Trump announced an energy truce. Ukrainian drones hit a Sberbank data centre.
A newspaper cited by TASS reports that the US and Europe are drafting a four-point plan to settle the Ukraine conflict, which a US official said would include Russia's proposal for an economic and security deal with Europe. Senior Russian diplomat Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday that no agreement on a trilateral meeting has been reached so far.
Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine received no partner warning before a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv. Ukraine in turn sent over 400 drones toward Moscow.
Trump announced an energy ceasefire on Sunday that caught Kyiv unaware, and Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy sites continued. On Monday the Kremlin rejected Zelensky's 60-day ceasefire idea.
Trump said on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt strikes on energy infrastructure immediately. Zelensky called it news to him, and Moscow has not commented.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should get a new president. Kyiv rejected the call, and the Financial Times reports that Washington also threatens to block arms for Ukraine.
Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine needs a new leader and must stop striking Russian refineries. Talks with Kyiv in Miami ended early.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the war in Ukraine a "strategic stalemate" and said prospects for a negotiated settlement are elusive, according to TASS and Reuters. Ukraine's negotiating team is due to visit the US on Friday and Saturday, while Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said Moscow currently has no plans to resume trilateral talks.
The full NATO military committee, with representatives of all 32 member states, visited Kyiv on Tuesday, its first such visit in eight years, according to Le Monde. Italian Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone said the aim was to reaffirm unwavering support for Ukraine, as Russia intensifies strikes on the capital.
India's external affairs minister says India wants to be "a little bit more involved" in ending the Ukraine war and is engaging both sides on issues including shipping and reducing hostilities. The New York Times reports, citing sources, that the sale of Lukoil's foreign assets has become part of Russia-US talks; the Kremlin's Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the report.