Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy resumed talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys in Berlin on Monday, after the U.S. side said a lot of progress had been made on ending Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two.

Ukraine and Russia are "closer to peace" than at any time in almost four years, it has been claimed – though a top European leader still warned againt Vladimir Putin's plans to take on the West. Sir Keir Starmer today joins emergency talks in Berlin aimed at ending the debilitating war.

The president said he had exchanged “pretty strong words” with European leaders, while Russia signaled it saw itself as increasingly on the same page as the U.S.

A drone attack in Russia's Saratov region has killed at least two people and damaged a residential building. Local authorities reported the incident on Saturday.

Choice to send Steve Witkoff highlights Washington's growing urgency to bridge remaining gaps with Kyiv over plan's terms

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held talks on Saturday on US-led peace efforts for Ukraine and the possible use of frozen Russian assets to support Kyiv,

Ukrainian drone attack in southwestern Russia killed two people as parts of Ukraine went without power after Russian assaults on energy sites hours before peace talks were to restart in Germany.

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday that its air defence units had shot down 130 Ukrainian drones overnight, 15 of which were headed for Moscow.