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,

FBI leaders reportedly held closed-door meetings with top Ukrainian negotiators, sparking concern among European officials. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top representative Rustem Umerov held secret talks with FBI director Kash Patel and his deputy Dan Bongino according to the Washington Post.

A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with European leaders in London today after talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators came to a halt with no breakthrough. Follow for live updates

A "historic" move to help Ukraine with frozen Russian assets is a "tall order", Belgium's PM says - but he didn't rule it out. Meanwhile, Ukraine says it has retaken parts of a key frontline area - leaving Russian troops "completely cut off".

Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 as a war-divided island and could offer Ukraine a blueprint for accession. The island will take over the EU’s rotating presidency from Denmark on Jan. 1 and has promised to continue work on Ukraine’s bid.

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."

President Donald Trump is escalating his immigration crackdown. Meanwhile, top US officials will meet a Ukrainian delegation in Florida.

Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman discusses the state of peace efforts between Russia and Ukraine on ‘Fox News Live.’

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump shake hands after landing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin both ...