Russia-Ukraine war

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All Eyes on Putin as Talks Move to Russia
All Eyes on Putin as
Talks Move to Russia
the rundown
Dec 1, 2025 10:15 AM CST

All Eyes on Putin as Talks Move to Russia

Russian leader hasn't shown much interest in compromising on Ukraine talks

(Newser) - The diplomatic push to end the Russia-Ukraine war now shifts to Moscow, with US envoy Steve Witkoff expected to meet with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. The meeting comes after US and Ukraine negotiators hammered out a revised plan over the weekend with enough promise to get Russia involved. The big...

Rubio: US-Ukraine Talks Are Productive but Incomplete

Delegations meet in Florida before Witkoff goes to Moscow

(Newser) - US and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks in Florida on Sunday aimed at finding an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. Reaching an agreement will take longer, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters afterward, the AP reports. "It's not just about the...

Zelensky's Chief of Staff Resigns After Home Searched

Andrii Yermak, chief of staff to Volodymyr Zelensky, is out

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Friday the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, who was also the country's lead negotiator in talks with the US, after Yermak's residence was searched by anti-corruption investigators. It's being seen as a blow for the Ukrainian leader that...

Putin Doubles Down on Demand for Ukrainian Territory

He says Russia is ready to fight 'until the last Ukrainian dies'

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia is prepared to continue its assault on Ukraine "until the last Ukrainian dies," demanding that Kyiv surrender territory if it wants an end to the conflict. Speaking during a visit to Kyrgyzstan, the Russian president insisted his military is advancing on all...

Editorial: Zelensky Learns How to Deal With Trump
Editorial: Zelensky Learns
How to Deal With Trump
opinion
Nov 25, 2025 11:42 AM CST

Editorial: Zelensky Learns How to Deal With Trump

His calm response to original peace plan was well played, say the Washington Post editors

(Newser) - The Washington Post editorial board suspects Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has been reading President Trump's old book The Art of the Deal. The way Zelensky has negotiated the US-brokered peace plan is a sharp contrast to his behavior back in February, when he "foolishly" bickered with Trump in...

Ukraine Reportedly Backs a Revised Peace Deal

Zelensky may be headed to the US soon, but there's no word yet from Russia

(Newser) - It looks like a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war is genuinely close—at least on Ukraine's end. CBS News and the BBC report that Ukraine has agreed in principle to a US-brokered peace deal after lengthy talks. The development comes after the US and Ukraine "significantly changed"...

Weary Ukrainians Recoil at 'Capitulation,' Amnesty

If this is the plan for peace, many say they'll have to keep fighting

(Newser) - After nearly four years under fire while fighting off Russia's invasion, exhausted Ukrainians say President Trump's peace plan only adds to their anguish. Many maintain that the Trump administration's proposal amounts to capitulation. In Bucha, site of a mass killing in 2022, residents expressed horror at the...

As Peace Plan Hits Opposition, Trump Leaves an Opening

President says Zelensky can take it or leave it but also says proposal isn't his final offer

(Newser) - European leaders drew up a counterproposal to the US plan to stop the war over Ukraine on Saturday as Republican senators criticized the terms and President Trump said President Volodymyr Zelensky can either agree to them or "continue to fight his little heart out." At the same time,...

Zelensky: This Is 'Very Difficult' Moment in Ukraine History

US is pressuring Ukraine to accept its peace plan, but it requires big concessions

(Newser) - The coming week might prove to be the most consequential yet for the Russia-Ukraine war, but how things will shake out remains very much up in the air. Volodomyr Zelensky must decide whether to accept a US-crafted plan to end the war, one that requires major concessions that Ukraine has...

Report: US, Russia Secretly Drafting Ukraine Peace Plan

Sources say Zelensky is being pressured to accept territory loss, reduction in military size

(Newser) - The Trump administration has been secretly collaborating with Russia on a new peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, according to officials from both countries who spoke to Axios . The proposed plan, which consists of 28 points, is said to be inspired by the Gaza peace deal brokered by...

Poland Sees 'Unprecedented Sabotage' in Rail Explosion

Prime minister says saboteurs tried to blow up a train on line near Ukraine

(Newser) - A prime route for sending aid to Ukraine appears to have been targeted in what Poland is calling a deliberate attack. An explosion damaged a key railway line near the Ukrainian border over the weekend, forcing a passenger train to make an emergency stop, reports the Wall Street Journal . Prime...

With Wartime Economy Down, Russia to Hit Up Consumers

Value-added tax, fees are going up to deal with budget deficit

(Newser) - After two years of robust growth fueled by military spending on the war in Ukraine, Russia's economy is slowing. Oil revenues are down, the budget deficit is up, and defense spending has leveled off. The Kremlin needs money to keep its finances steady—and it's clear where President...

How Hurt Soldier Survived Ukraine's 'Vicious New Normal'

Wounded Ukrainian dodges drones, crawls for hours to safety through no-man's-land, reports NYT account

(Newser) - In the drone-dominated no-man's-land of Ukraine's front lines, survival often comes down to luck and adaptation. Ukrainian infantryman Aleksandr's ordeal, detailed in CJ Chivers' piece for the New York Times , began in the pitch-black hours one night in August, when a Russian drone targeted him and his...

Russia Slams Kyiv With Hundreds of Drones, Killing 6

Attack on Ukraine's capital was the biggest in weeks

(Newser) - Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Kyiv early Friday, killing six people and leaving gaping holes in apartment buildings. Russia used at least 430 drones and 18 missiles in the nighttime attack, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, per the AP . The aerial assault, which also targeted Odesa...

Russian Soldiers Scammed for Their 6-Figure Death Payouts

Wall Street Journal says women are allegedly targeting enlisted men, convincing them to marry

(Newser) - A growing scam is targeting Russian soldiers sent to Ukraine, with so-called "black widows" marrying men headed to the front lines in order to claim generous death benefits if they're killed. While the Wall Street Journal wasn't able to quantify the scope of the scam, it reports...

Ukraine Robot Retrieves Soldier Behind Enemy Lines

Device on an ATV frame traveled about 40 miles and brought the servicemember to safety

(Newser) - Ukrainian forces pulled off a dramatic rescue of a wounded soldier trapped for more than a month behind enemy lines—thanks to a robot built for just such missions, reports CBS News . The military knew the location of the soldier and had been dropping him supplies, but multiple attempts to...

Ukraine Gives Russian Soldier Life for Executing POW

It's the first such conviction since the war began

(Newser) - A Ukrainian court has handed a life sentence to Russian soldier Dmitriy Kurashov for the execution-style killing of a prisoner of war, marking the first conviction of its kind since the conflict began. Kurashov, 27, was found guilty in Zaporizhzhia of shooting a surrendered, unarmed Ukrainian soldier during a January...

Why All Eyes Are on Ukraine's Pokrovsk

Russia has spent more than a year trying to seize the eastern city

(Newser) - Russian forces have been gunning for the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk for a year as part of their campaign to seize control of the Donbas region, and reports indicate they may be "tightening their grip," as the Guardian puts it. NBC News describes the city's front...

Ukraine Says It Hit Pipeline That Supplies Russian Army

Russia reports a victory against Ukrainian special forces

(Newser) - Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine's military intelligence said Saturday, as Russia kept up a sustained campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. The operation was carried out late Friday, according to a...

Report: Russian Commanders Are Killing Their Own Troops

Independent report from Verstka alleges torture, extortion, internal executions

(Newser) - Some Russian casualties in the country's war against Ukraine are inflicted from within, or so claims a new investigation from the independent Russian outlet Verstka . Its journalists allege that Russian army commanders are executing soldiers who refuse to fight in a practice called "zeroing." Using testimonies from...

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