Donald Trump said security guarantees for Ukraine were nearly finalised, with talks “close to 95 per cent” complete, even as he warned that “thorny issues” remained unresolved. A key unresolved issue was the control of territory in the Donbas region, he said after talks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida on Sunday.

President Trump on Sunday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Palm Beach, Fla., as talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war advance. Ahead of the meeting, Trump spoke with Russian

Trump says he and Zelenskyy have ‘made a lot of progress’ but that ‘one or two thorny issues’ remain

The latest round of diplomacy will unfold in Florida today, where Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Donald Trump. But that hasn't stopped Moscow's sabre-rattling, with Sergei Lavrov this time taking aim at what he described as "slow-witted" European politicians.

Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 6 times today.Approximately 120 Russian troops remain encircled in Kupiansk as of mid-December, Viktor Tregubov,

Air raid alerts were issued across the country, including in Kyiv, where one person was killed. Others were killed in Khmelnytskyy, western Ukraine, and the central Zhytomyr region.

Eight European countries have warned of the growing threat from Russia at a defence meeting. Meanwhile, Moscow has reacted to talks in Berlin that left Western leaders optimistic on the prospect for peace.

‌At least three people in the Zhytomyr region, including a four-year-old child, have been killed and dozens wounded across Ukraine in Russia’s latest attacks, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Polish and ‍allied ‍aircraft have been deployed to ensure the safety of ⁠Polish airspace after the attacks near Poland’s border with Ukraine.