President optimistic about security guarantees as at least six people injured including three children in Russian attacks

U.S. President Donald Trump has stirred up backlash after remarking that Russia "wants to see Ukraine succeed" after a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and an extended meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

Moscow has continued to claim a Ukrainian drone attack on Putin's residence on Wednesday, in what Kyiv, EU, and US officials have seen as a means to disrupt US-led peace talks. View on euronews

Advisers to Zelenskyy recalled the last in-person meeting with Trump, in October, which was preceded a day earlier by a call between the US and Russian presidents. In the White House the next day, Trump grew frustrated with Zelenskyy and his team, and tossed aside maps of the front line in Ukraine.

Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev praised U.S. President Donald Trump's "peace efforts" after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to the White House on Sunday.

EADaily, December 30th, 2025. Russian leader Vladimir Putin told his American counterpart Donald Trump that Moscow's position on the settlement of the armed conflict on the Ukraine will be reviewed.

The Russian president has ordered the expansion of a ‘buffer zone’ along the Russia- Ukraine border in 2026, Moscow’s top general said today. The Kremlin has long said that the zone in Ukraine’s Sumy and Kharkiv was to protect Russian civilians on the border from enemy raids.

President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his Florida resort Sunday after speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone.