Economic and military pressures could force Russia’s hand. Its economy is strained but not enough to do that, analysts say. And President Vladimir V. Putin says Russia is winning the war.

Exclusive drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows a devastated Ukrainian town nearly encircled by Russian forces near the city that Moscow this week claimed to now control.

BRUSSELS - However Donald Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine pans out, Europe fears the prospect of a deal – sooner or later – that will not punish or weaken Russia as its leaders had hoped, placing the continent’s security in greater jeopardy.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday's talks with Ukraine about a U.S. plan to end the war with Russia were productive, but there's "more work to be done." Fighting continued between the two countries over the weekend,

Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital killed at least three people early Saturday, officials said.

Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys on Tuesday yielded no public breakthrough on a potential Ukraine peace deal, with Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov suggesting unsolved "territorial problems" were the main stumbling block.

A recent survey reveals that nearly half of Europeans view US President Donald Trump as the continent’s biggest enemy.

Russian attacks kill three in Kyiv as Ukrainian delegation races to U.S. for urgent peace negotiations. Ukrainian delegation is headed by national security chief Rustem Umerov. Russia reports a major oil terminal halted operations after a Ukrainian strike.

Ukrainian troops fighting in eastern Ukraine are expressing doubts that a peace proposal currently being negotiated will prevent Russia from attacking their country again

President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in the next few days.

But Belgium, a vocal critic of the plan to use Russian assets to back Ukraine, says its concerns have not been resolved.