Hello, this is Tania Myronyshena reporting from Kyiv on day 1,388 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukrainian Defense Forces have encircled Russian troops in Kupiansk,

The US will send a representative to participate in talks in Europe on Ukraine this weekend, Donald Trump has said, while warning that he doesn't want to waste “a lot of time”.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday,

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Russia had taken the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, marking the culmination of a 20-month campaign. Ukraine denied the town had fallen, saying that its troops were still in control of the north.

The Kremlin says the meeting with Trump's envoys was "constructive" but "no compromise" has been reached over territorial concessions for Ukraine.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin shrugged off the potential effects of US sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, saying that they will not have much of an impact on the Russian economy. • Oil prices rose sharply as traders are anxious ...

On Wednesday, 91 countries endorsed a draft resolution that "demands that the Russian Federation ensure the immediate, safe and unconditional return of all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly transferred or deported," the United Nations said. According to the U.N., 12 countries voted against the draft resolution and 57 abstained.

As leaders of Russia, Ukraine, the United States and Europe met to discuss a possible Russia-Ukraine war endgame, one part of Ukraine drew increasing attention: the Donbas, an industrial region in the eastern part of the country that has been a primary ...