Despite the Russian leader's 2022 declaration, Moscow does not fully control these Ukrainian regions but hopes that the U.S.

Senior Kremlin officials, including Putin, have repeatedly demanded that Ukraine surrender Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and ...

Top of Vladimir Putin's "list of demands" for "long-term peace", and his justification for invading Ukraine in the first place, is Crimea - and four other regions - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson ...

Donald Trump has said he will speak to Vladimir Putin about "land and power plants" in a bid to end the war in Ukraine. Here ...

The counteroffensive plan centred on the city of Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast was crucial for Ukraine. However, the ...

Ukraine and ... and annexed Crimea in 2014, with Russian-backed separatists taking control of parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk areas of the eastern Donbas region later that same year. (This area can ...

The US president will discuss the distribution of Ukrainian assets with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to convince the Russian ...

The Russian President reportedly wants Ukraine to cede territory his troops have never occupied as part of negotiations ...

Yuri Ushakov says Russia is seeking a "long-term peace settlement in Ukraine that takes into account Moscow's interests and concerns".

Trump's envoy is due to land in Moscow shortly to discuss a Ukraine ceasefire proposal, as the Kremlin says it has recaptured Sudzha in Kursk.