Christian Edwards

3 weeks ago | aol.com | Tim Lister |Svitlana Vlasova |Christian Edwards

Russian forces are advancing in the northern Ukrainian region of Sumy, bringing the regional capital within range of their drones and artillery, according to Ukrainian officials and analysts. The advance comes even as Russia had appeared to be put on the back foot by two audacious Ukrainian attacks in recent days – a drone attack that took out multiple Russian aircraft on Sunday and a strike on a bridge connecting Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula using underwater explosives on Monday.

2 months ago | wkow.com | Christian Edwards |Daria Tarasova-Markina |Pierre Meilhan |Caitlin Danaher

(CNN) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's international envoy, held high level talks with Ukrainian and European officials in Paris at a summit Thursday aimed at bolstering Ukraine's defenses against Russia's unrelenting invasion.

Feb 17, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Christian Edwards |Helen Regan

By Christian Edwards, Helen Regan and Michael Rios, CNNReeling from shocks delivered by the Trump administration last week, European leaders are holding emergency talks in Paris to plan a response, as US and Russian officials are set to hold talks in Saudi Arabia on ending the war in Ukraine, without European or Ukrainian involvement.