A bipartisan pair of US senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday and urged stronger sanctions against Russia, while uncertainty swirls over whether the next round of peace talks will move ahead in the coming days.

A Ukraine presidential adviser says Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday but insists that the Kremlin provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the war.

A nine-year-old child has been killed and a teenager sustained injuries after Russia struck Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight.Governor Ivan Fedorov wrote this morning that one house was destroyed,

Russia may find itself in a disadvantageous position in the eyes of the United States if it fails to show flexibility in peace negotiations with Ukraine, states Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, according to Anadolu.

By Olena Harmash and Vlad Smilianets KYIV/DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) -Mariupol natives Oleksandr and Liudmyla Lytvyn fled home three years ago during Russia's 86-day siege of the port city in southern Ukraine.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged Wednesday to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems.