President Vladimir Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and intense work is going on with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress which Washington wants is difficult to achieve,

Last week, the president issued a rare rebuke of Putin while later suggesting that the Russian leader may not be serious about wanting peace.

A Ukrainian drone attack left at least seven people dead and a Russian strike on Odesa killed two people on Thursday, officials said, just hours after Kyiv and Washington signed

After months of bad-tempered exchanges and a bust-up on live TV at the White House, the Trump administration finally struck an agreement with Ukraine that grants the US privileged access to the embattled country’s natural resources,

The text of the agreement, made public by Ukraine’s government, made no mention of the security guarantees that Kyiv had long sought.