Russia Ukraine war

Russia Ukraine war

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A brief history of Ukraine, and the uncertain future ahead

Ukraine’s present struggle is rooted in five centuries of shifting borders and fallen empires. As negotiations loom, leaders must decide how much of Ukrainian land they are willing to bargain away

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and and other members of the US delegation, and Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and other members of the Ukrainian delegation sit before closed-door talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine, at the US Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, 23 November 2025. Photo: Reuters

Trump accuses Ukraine of ingratitude as officials meet in Geneva on US peace plan

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a meeting with senior officers of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade 'Velykyi Luh' while he visits their command position at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine November 13, 2025. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Ukraine seeking exchange of 1,200 prisoners with Russia

US President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy over lunch in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters

In talks with Zelenskiy, Trump appears to press pause on fresh support

A serviceman of the 59th Separate Assault Brigade of Unmanned Systems named after Yakov Handziuk of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, launches a reconnaissance drone, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine October 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Zelenskiy says Ukraine inflicts frontline losses on Russian troops in Donetsk region

Trump’s negotiation tactics are a clear departure from US’ historic support of Ukraine against Russia. Photo: Reuters

Kremlin confirms upcoming meeting between Trump and Putin

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a meeting on the sidelines of NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File photo

Zelenskiy aims to woo both public and Trump with fresh-faced Ukraine cabinet

A view of smoke rising from Engels airbase, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Engels, Saratov Region, Russia, March 20, 2025 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS

Ukraine strikes Russian strategic bomber airfield, triggering huge blast

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 1, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

US proposes rival UN action on Ukraine, pitting it against Europe

Bangladeshis have been trafficked to Russia and conscripted into the Russian military to fight in the war in Ukraine. Photo: Courtesy

Trafficked to fight in Russia: Bangladeshi victims recount harrowing tales

People take a shelter inside an underground parking of an apartment building during a massive Russian missile attack across a country, in Lviv, Ukraine December 13, 2024. REUTERS/Roman Baluk

Russian missiles batter Ukraine's embattled power grid

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a televised address, dedicated to a military conflict in Ukraine and in particular to Russia's launch of a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile attack on a military facility in response to recent Ukrainian long-range strikes with Western weapons, in Moscow, Russia November 21, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

Putin sends a missile message to the West: 'Back off'

Cars are stuck in traffic near the Kremlin Wall and the State Historical Museum in central Moscow, Russia August 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Ukraine's drones target Moscow, more than 30 airline flights suspended: Russia