Kyiv signing the Istanbul communique may have quickly stopped the war and the killing. But the Kremlin has repeatedly shown it cannot be trusted to adhere to agreements – you only have to look at the way it repeatedly violated the Minsk accords of 2015, which attempted to end hostilities in eastern Ukraine.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Ukraine would not be excluded from negotiations to end the war, but success would depend on raising the level of trust between Moscow and Washington.

A look at how the war in Ukraine began, the state of the peace talks and why the country isn’t holding elections.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine three years ago has turned into Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.

Here are the key developments on the 1,091st day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Wednesday, February 19: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia struck energy infrastructure in the southern region of Odesa, leaving 160,000 residents without heating and power.