The skies over Moscow and St. Petersburg were filled with drones coming from Ukraine, days after President Trump told reporters Ukraine should not target Moscow

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Saturday that Defence Council Secretary Rustem Umerov had made an offer for a meeting with Russian negotiators for next week. Meanwhile, earlier, Trump set a 50-day deadline for Moscow to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine or face "100 percent tariffs".

The president’s call for Ukraine to avoid hitting Moscow continued his pattern of swinging between pressure on both sides to end the war and underscored the uncertainties about his strategy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacrificed an estimated 1 million of his soldiers, killed and wounded, in a three-year campaign to crush Ukraine.

Zelensky and Trump consider drone ‘mega-deal’ as Putin’s troops advance on frontline - Zelensky says drones are the key tools that have allowed his country to fight off Russia's invasion for more than

Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Volodymyr Zelenskyy whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons, according to people briefed on the discussions.

Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) said Russia began to hit enlistment centers in recent weeks in a concerted effort to disrupt Ukraine's mobilization. Olha Polishchuk, ACLED's Eastern Europe research manager,

A vocal supporter of Vladimir Putin has urged Russia to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in response to Donald Trump's announcement that he would provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine. On his radio program,