Zelenskyy said he is confident that Kyiv and Washington could soon agree on key steps to end the war with Russia, as a Ukrainian delegation heads to the United States for fresh talks.

A Ukrainian delegation headed by Rustem Umierov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, has set off for the United States to continue talks on the US "peace plan". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expects a report on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, whose residence was searched earlier in the day by anti-corruption investigators.

Ukrainian anti-corruption officials raid the home of a top aide to President Zelenskyy in connection with a major probe into an energy sector corruption scandal.

"None of us really know what Zelenskyy is like operating solo, because he never has," one expert told NBC News.

Ukrainian Youth and Sports Minister Matviy Bidnyi told CNN Sports that it’s “too early” to speak about Russian and Belarusian athletes competing under their nations’ flags at next year’s Winter Olympics,