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Ukraine and Russia are "closer to peace" than at any time in almost four years, it has been claimed – though a top European leader still warned againt Vladimir Putin's plans to take on the West. Sir Keir Starmer today joins emergency talks in Berlin aimed at ending the debilitating war.
With high-level meetings lined up about the war in Ukraine, this could be the most consequential week for Europe this year as it works to shape US President Donald Trump’s Russia-friendly proposal into a respectable arrangement.
Ukraine said it hit a major oil refinery and an oil depot in Russia as US President Donald Trump dispatched envoys to Berlin for another round of talks on how to end the war that Russian President Vladimir Putin started in 2022.
Russia's central bank says it is suing Belgium's Euroclear in court following an EU bid to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine.
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."
Zelenskyy's remarks suggest he will not bend to pressure from Russian President Vladimir Putin or President Trump.
A Ukrainian peace plan, sent this week to Washington, pushes back against President Trump’s proposal that Ukraine give up more land for peace, although Russia is unlikely to accept it.
Washington has tried for months to navigate the demands of each side as President Trump presses for a swift end to Russia’s war and grows increasingly exasperated by delays.