US President Donald Trump “remains hopeful and optimistic that a deal can be struck” to end Russia’s war with Ukraine. Follow live updates

The leaked plan, which has since been revised to 19 points, initially demanded Ukraine make heavy concessions – including giving up territory in the east, capping the size of its military and

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EADaily, November 24th, 2025. I have read 24 (or how many) points of the European ultimatum to Russia, which for some reason is called the "peace settlement plan". For the first time in world history,

Eyewitness footage shows a missile impacting an apartment block in Gelendzhik, with air defenses active against drones in the Black Sea region.

While President Trump attacked the Ukrainians, Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew to Geneva to seize control of negotiations that were going off the rails.

European officials said Monday they were comforted by the outcome of discussions on U.S. peace proposals for Ukraine that they had viewed as tilted in Russia's favor, but they didn’t disclose details of the weekend talks and warned of a long road to peace in Ukraine.

A new generation of dissident artists is inspiring a wave of solidarity against Putin’s war—recalling the Soviet people who ultimately defeated the Soviet Union.

Russia's economy is seeing "continued cooling" with growth likely to remain at around 1% next year and business activity remaining weak for four to five quarters, a senior executive at Sberbank, the country’s largest lender,