They don't want to end this war,' the Ukrainian leader said during an evening address on Thursday. Volodymyr Zelensky has signaled willingness to meet with Putin, but only after his allies agree on security guarantees for Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday accused Russia of launching a “deliberate” attack on an American-owned facility in his country, amid signs that the Kremlin is slow-walking a

Russia Friday ruled out an immediate meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, as diplomatic tension escalated with the Ukrainian president and US mediation efforts appeared to stumble. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said "no meeting" between Vladimir Putin and Zelensky was planned,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called a series of overnight Russian strikes "demonstrative and cynical," hours before he is set to meet President Donald Trump in Washington. His comments came after a drone attack on an apartment block in Kharkiv killed seven people and multiple other strikes hit Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and other regions.

Geneva, Istanbul and Budapest have been put forward as potential locations - but bilateral talks still remain a long way off.