US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are planning to visit Moscow and Kyiv in the coming days to press for a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a US official told CNN Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin remains committed to escalating his war against Ukraine despite a new U.S. push to revive peace talks, people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner arrived in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday.

Negotiating with Russia works when in a position of strength. President Donald Trump may finally be in that position. Two million dead and wounded. That is the staggering human toll as the Ukraine War grinds on for a fifth year, with no end in sight.

The Trump administration had let the peace process enter such a freeze that a trip to Kyiv was just an initial step. Any new talks will happen alongside escalating fighting.

America and Iran escalated attacks on shipping. America said it had struck three oil tankers, disabling two and destroying another, which it claimed were part of Iran’s “shadow network” funding its armed forces.

President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in a phone call that ‌he wanted a swift end to the war in Ukraine, ‌something that would allow U.-Russia ties to be fully