Russia is still refusing to sign up to an unconditional comprehensive ceasefire. It has no intention of returning any of the Ukrainian land it has seized, assesses Steve Rosenberg, BBC correspondent in Moscow,

President Trump said Russia and Ukraine were undertaking a major prisoner swap, in a post on social media early Friday. “A major prisoners swap was just completed between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the “silence of America” after at least 12 people, including three children, were killed by Russian forces in the largest aerial bombardment since the war begun in 2022.

The US and European leaders are placing their hopes in the Vatican to engage Russia and Ukraine in peace talks, after President Donald Trump said Pope Leo XIV had expressed interest in the idea. The Kremlin isn’t so keen.

Ukrainian troops struggle with exhaustion but pledge to fight ‘until we break the Russians’ belief that we can be defeated’

After a phone call Monday between Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Trump appears to be walking away from negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

Swiss authorities said on Sunday they were exploring whether to open a legal investigation into the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organisation that plans to oversee aid distribution in the Palestinian enclave.

President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, hosted the president of South Africa at the White House and threatened more stringent tariffs against the European Union this week.