Ukraine Russia War Update

Russia, Ukraine and Donald Trump

As Trump states Ukraine is losing the war with Russia, officials say the battlefield situation hasn’t changed significantly

Following President Donald Trump’s claim that Ukraine is “losing” the war against Russia’s ongoing invasion and that Russia now has the “upper hand”, multiple officials told CNN there are no new US or European assessments suggesting there have been significant changes on the battlefield and they don’t see any indications Moscow is likely to win the conflict quickly.

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky open to wartime election

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Trump says Zelenskyy ‘hasn’t read’ a US-authored proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war

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Zelenskyy needs to accept that he's losing: Donald Trump

Trump made the comments in a wide-ranging interview with Politico published early Tuesday.

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'I’m a little bit disappointed': Trump says Zelenskyy ‘isn’t ready’ to back US peace plan for Ukraine war

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US envoy says Ukraine peace deal is close but Moscow says it wants radical changes

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to hold polls if US, allies ensure security

Ukrainian leader responds to US President Trump’s suggestion that he is using the war as an excuse to avoid elections.

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Ukraine's last eastern strongholds hang on as Russia fights to take Donbas

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

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Ukraine reportedly attacks Russia's shadow fleet in foreign waters

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.

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Trump warns Ukraine is ‘losing’ Russia war, calls for new elections despite wartime prohibition

President Trump said in an interview Monday that Ukraine should hold new elections despite its ongoing war with Russia, warning that Kyiv would soon reach a point “where it’s not a democracy anymore.” “I think it’s time.

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Trump Calls Europe ‘Decaying’ and Suggests ‘Size Will Win’ in Ukraine War

President Trump’s comments deepened his rift with mainstream European leaders over defense and Ukraine policy.

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Zelenskyy meets with Pope as Ukraine prepares to send updated peace proposals to U.S.

Seven months after the Ukrainian leader's iconic Vatican photo with Trump, peace with Russia still seems like a distant prospect.

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

European leaders rally around Ukraine after U.S. appears to shift strategy to favor Russia

The U.S. has been pursuing a solution to the war in Ukraine, and recently highlighted those efforts as part of its new national security strategy. Heather Conley, former deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs during the George W.

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Viktor Orban chillingly warns EU preparing for war with Russia by 2030

Speaking at an anti-war rally organized by the Digital Civic Circles in Kecskemét, Orban said that the 2026 parliamentary election will be the last election Hungary could face a direct threat of war.