The controversial 28-point plan dropped suddenly by the Trump administration to Ukraine as a take-it-or-leave it proposition mere days ago was mostly the result of several weeks of negotiations behind the scenes between Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart Kirill Dmitriev that excluded not only Ukraine and its allies but even some key US officials.

President Donald Trump on Saturday said his proposed peace plan to end the war between Ukraine and Russia is not his final offer.

When Poland announced that an explosion damaged a railway track leading to Ukraine this week, Prime Minister Donald Tusk was quick to declare it was an unprecedented act of sabotage designed to cause catastrophe.

Trump administration officials have proposed a 28-point peace plan designed to end the Russia-Ukraine war — a framework that would require Ukraine to give up territory and swear off NATO membership.

The draft provisions come across as heavily slanted towards Moscow, but Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to work with the US.

Sweden’s chief of defence staff claims Moscow is combining attacks on infrastructure with disinformation campaigns

Ukraine’s Western allies have rallied around Kyiv in a push to revise the plan, which is seen as favoring Moscow despite its all-out invasion of its neighbor.

A Treasury Department analysis indicates that new U.S. sanctions on Russian oil producers have sent prices there tumbling, choking off a key revenue source that Russia has used to fund its war in Ukraine.