Yuliia Taradiuk

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Asami Terajima |Martin Fornusek |Chris York |Yuliia Taradiuk

After a two-hour call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia reiterated its refusal for a full ceasefire in the war in Ukraine while the U.S. once again failed to respond with any significant pressure. For observers across Europe, watching the way the negotiations have been unfolding was an unpleasant reminder that the U.S. can no longer be relied on as a partner — but it was not a surprising revelation.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Chris York |Kateryna Denisova |Yuliia Taradiuk |Kateryna Hodunova

In what is now a semi-regular occurrence, the workings of U.S.-led global diplomacy has cast a dark shadow over Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on May 19 in the latest attempt to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine. The call came just days after a U.S.-backed but largely inconclusive negotiation between Kyiv and Moscow, where Russia sent a delegation of low-level officials and reiterated sweeping territorial demands.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Alex Cadier |Chris York |Yuliia Taradiuk |Martin Fornusek

ISTANBUL — Russian President Vladimir Putin had rebuffed President Volodymyr Zelensky, his European allies, and the U.S., and in response, Donald Trump simply went along with it, excusing his Russian counterpart for not attending the peace talks in Istanbul that Putin himself proposed. As the Russian and Ukrainian delegations emerged from the Istanbul palace on May 16 after just two hours, there were glimmers of hope, with both sides agreeing on what will be the largest prisoner swap yet.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Natalia Yermak |Daria Shulzhenko |Chris York |Yuliia Taradiuk

The first direct peace talks in years between Kyiv and Moscow ended on May 16 with Russia once again rejecting an unconditional 30-day ceasefire. In turn, Russia demanded that Ukrainian troops leave four of the country's regions, which Moscow partly controls. Such a demand is a non-starter for Ukraine.

4 weeks ago | rsn.org | Chris York |Natalia Yermak |Yuliia Taradiuk

ALSO SEE: Russia Bombs Sumy Oblast on First Day of Its Own Declared Ceasefire Moscow's self-declared truce which came into force at midnight on May 8 is not being felt on the front lines, Ukrainian soldiers have told the Kyiv Independent, reporting numerous cases of Russian military activity throughout the day. "There is no truce. There is shelling, artillery, drone and FPV (bomb) drops," Petro Kuzyk, a battalion commander at the National Guard, said.