Witkoff, the man whom Washington has sent to negotiate with Putin this week, is viewed with suspicion by Kyiv and its allies after a leaked phone call suggested he was advising Moscow on how to deal with Trump, according to a transcript published by Bloomberg News.

Russia launched its largest barrage of drones and missiles in a month across Ukraine, killing at least three people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, as a Kyiv delegation heads to the United States for fresh peace talks.

Oil prices declined 1% on Tuesday as markets weighed faltering Russia-Ukraine peace hopes against fears of oversupply. Brent crude futures settled 72 cents lower, or 1.14%, at $62.45 a barrel, while U.

Kyiv accuses Ross David Cutmore of helping Moscow plot assassinations and attacks on military training centres

Michael Froman, Council on Foreign Relations president, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the meeting between a U.S. delegation led by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin, state of the Russia-Ukraine war,

The incident happened at 3am on Tuesday morning, when the vessel was 150 kilometres from the shores of Yalta in Crimea.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening to cut Ukraine off from access to the sea after an attack was carried out on tankers of the shadow fleet, the Kremlin leader’s statement was cited by Kommersant.

Russia escalated its drone and missile attacks on Ukraine throughout November according to an AFP analysis published Tuesday, as the White House pushed Kyiv to accept a peace accord seen as favourable to the Kremlin.