Zelensky meeting nixed, Trump hints secondary sanctions could come sooner, U.K.’s Starmer meets Trump in Scotland, new questions about Air Force One gift.

Another 555 people were freed separately from prisoner exchanges with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky added.

The European Union is freezing $1.7 billion in aid to Ukraine because President Volodymyr Zelensky approved a bill curbing the war-torn nation’s top anti-corruption agencies. The EU said it is withholding more than a third of its funding meant to reward Ukraine for good governance standards after Zelensky signed the controversial bill last week,

Following the first wartime protests against his administration, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky quickly put measures in place to ensure the agencies' independence

Ukraine wants 10 new Patriots but only has 3 secured, Zelensky says * Trump suggests Russia sanctions could come sooner than 50-day deadline * Zelensky sets 1,000-daily interceptor drones goal amid surging Russian attacks * Musk ordered Starlink shutdown during Ukraine's 2022 Kherson counteroffensive,

Trump withdrew from the fight against kleptocracy, and other countries have absorbed that fact.

Measures to strip Ukrainian's anti-corruption institutions of power were a mistake. Now, Zelensky must restore trust.

President Trump said he had decided to shorten a 50-day deadline he had given Russia to end the conflict or face punishing new sanctions.

Trump withdrew from the fight against kleptocracy, and other countries have absorbed that fact.