President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is walking a tightrope between defending Ukrainian interests and showing President Donald Trump he is willing to compromise, even as Moscow shows no sign of budging on its demands.

Ukraine delivered its response to the latest US-drafted peace proposal aimed at ending the war with Russia to the Trump administration on Wednesday, US and Ukrainian officials told CNN, as the contours of a tenuous potential deal take shape and the US president continues to make clear he wants the conflict resolved quickly.

Ukraine’s cheap, effective drones boost defense and exports, but extensive politicization and complex bureaucracy risk slowing production at a critical moment.

NATO fighter jets were scrambled and air defense systems put on alert in Poland in response to Russia’s latest overnight drone and missile strikes in Ukraine.

General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Italy’s foreign minister said it would be “premature” for his country to participate in a NATO program to buy US weapons for Ukraine in light of ongoing peace negotiations.

After being blindsided by President Donald Trump’s 28-point plan last month, some Europeans have expressed extreme disquiet at being apparently sidelined in talks.

At least three oil tankers have been hit by explosions in what appears to be a stepped up unilateral effort by Ukraine to sink Russia's sanctions-dodging oil sales.

The United States House of Representatives on Dec. 10 approved a new $900 billion defense spending bill that includes military aid to Ukraine. The bill upholds many of U.S. President Donald Trump's national security policies but places limits on his ability to reduce American troops in Europe and withhold support to Kyiv.

The U.S. President is trying to impose a bad peace deal that alarms Kyiv and European allies, writes Luke McGee.

President Donald Trump sharply criticised Europe as “decaying” and “weak” on immigration and Ukraine in an interview published on Tuesday, further widening rifts between the United States and some of its oldest allies.