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As Trump states Ukraine is losing the war with Russia, officials say the battlefield situation hasn’t changed significantly
Following President Donald Trump’s claim that Ukraine is “losing” the war against Russia’s ongoing invasion and that Russia now has the “upper hand”, multiple officials told CNN there are no new US or European assessments suggesting there have been significant changes on the battlefield and they don’t see any indications Moscow is likely to win the conflict quickly.

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky open to wartime election
Trump says Zelenskyy 'hasn't read' a US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war
US envoy says Ukraine peace deal is close but Moscow says it wants radical changes
U.S. President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was "really close" and depended on resolving just two major issues but the Kremlin said there had to be radical ...

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Trump explodes at Zelensky for not accepting peace deal as he warns Putin 'has the upper hand'
Trump directs ire at Zelensky AGAIN claiming war leader ‘hasn’t read’ peace plan after Don Jr says dad could scrap talks
Trump blasts Zelensky with 5-word swipe ahead of Ukraine peace talks in London
Trump appeared to take a swipe at Zelensky over the deal, claiming " Russia is fine with it", although there is no clear evidence that Vladimir Putin is ready to end the war.

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Trump Points The Finger Solely At Zelenskyy For Hold-Up In Ukraine Peace Talks
Trump says Zelenskyy 'isn't ready' to sign US-backed peace deal

Ukraine's last eastern strongholds hang on as Russia fights to take Donbas

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."

Ukraine war briefing: Pope defends Europe – and its role in peace talks – from Trump

Zelenskyy addresses Trump gripe with offer to hold elections if allies help; Syrski outlines territorial losses and gains around Pokrovsk. What we know on day 1,386

Trump warns Ukraine is ‘losing’ Russia war, calls for new elections despite wartime prohibition

President Trump said in an interview Monday that Ukraine should hold new elections despite its ongoing war with Russia, warning that Kyiv would soon reach a point “where it’s not a

Where things stand in the peace talks on the Ukraine war

U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed the most extensive diplomatic effort to end the fighting since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago.

Another Front in the War in Ukraine: Who Gets to Claim a Famed Artist?

Looking to shake off Moscow’s cultural influences, Kyiv has been seeking to highlight the Ukrainian roots of Kazimir Malevich, a renowned avant-garde painter.

Over 70K Ukrainian women now serving in army as war with Russia drags on

More than 70,000 women served in Ukraine’s military in 2025, a 20% increase compared with 2022, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said.

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow strikes Kyiv railway hub in overnight drone and missile attack; trains cancelled, power facilities hit

A railway hub near Kyiv was hit in a large-scale Russian drone and missile strike, damaging a depot and several rail carriages, Ukrainian state railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia said on Saturday. The overnight attack targeted the town of Fastiv,

US push for an end to the war in Ukraine sets off a flurry of shuttle diplomacy

The latest U.S. push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine has unleashed a frenzy of diplomatic activity.