In the nearly four years since Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war has repeatedly confounded expectations. A conflict that many analysts anticipated would be short and devastating for Kyiv has proved prolonged and costly for both sides.

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1448.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets Jared Kushner (R), President Trump's son-in-law, as U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (C) looks on at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday night.

The war in Ukraine is, at once, a past and future conflict. On the one hand, Russia’s invasion resembles World War I, with static frontlines, trenches, and vast areas of no mans

The comment comes after President Donald Trump urged Zelensky to "get moving" on securing a peace deal with Russia, who he claimed wants to make a deal, and said if Zelensky does not move fast "he'll miss a great opportunity.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Fiona Hill, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center on the United States and Europe, about the Trump administration's strategy to end Russia's war with Ukraine.

Participants in the trilateral talks among Ukraine, the United States and Russia left the venue after the first day of talks in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Ma Ruxuan)

Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States, has said that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during his visit to Washington, briefed his American counterpart Donald Trump on the situation at the front, the aftermath of Russian missile strikes ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the United States wants a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia by early summer, despite repeated rounds of talks failing to reach a breakthrough over the issues of territory and security guarantees.

High casualties and economic trouble signal time is no longer on Russia’s side, but Moscow isn’t backing off political and territorial demands to weaken Ukraine.

The United States opposed the participation of Ukraine and four NATO partners from the Indo-Pacific region in this year's Alliance summit to be held in Ankara, Politico reports. According to four diplomats,