President Trump had suggested a meeting between Russia and Ukraine’s leaders could be a potential next step on the path to peace, but Russian state news media barely mentioned such a meeting in its coverage.

Ukraine's air force reported a major Russian attack on Monday night and into Tuesday morning -- the largest barrage for weeks.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky must make concessions to reach a peace deal.

The Kremlin’s goal is to destabilize Europe, and attacks on infrastructure are a preferred weapon, a new report said.

Russia launched 270 drones and 10 missiles against Ukraine on August 19, just hours after President Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Trump and European leaders in Washington to discuss security guarantees.

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants any settlement to end the war to include giving Russia full control of the Donbas

Russia's illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow's relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War. It also paved the way for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022,

Oil prices fell on Tuesday as traders thought a possible cease-fire in Russia's war with Ukraine might lead to easing or the end to sanctions on Russian crude oil, which would in turn boost global supply.

State news agency RIA Novosti has reported that a gunpowder workshop at the facility caught fire and triggered an explosion.