Secret backchannel talks between Ukraine and Russia throughout July brought both sides closer to a framework for freezing the war, The Economist reported on Aug. 17. But the publication says that ...

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed a decree that could permit foreign investors, including U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil, to regain their stakes in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project, Reuters ...

The death toll from Russia’s overnight strike with ballistic missiles and drones has risen to five, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl is among killed, Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on Aug. 18.

Russian forces struck Odesa Oblast with drones overnight, triggering a massive fire in Odesa suburb, Oleh Kiper, regional military administration head, reported on Aug. 18.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s goal in his meeting with Donald Trump is to establish “a peace process without pressure on the country” regarding Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, a Ukrainian official ...