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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese Foreign Minister at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Grigory SYSOYEV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GRIGORY SYSOYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia Taking Ukraine Cease-Fire Deal ‘Seriously’ But Rejects Current Terms

Russia is taking U.S. proposals for a cease-fire agreement with Ukraine “seriously” but can’t accept the deal as it stands, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday, suggesting peace talks between the two countries have stalled.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 28, 2025. (Photo by Sergei ILYIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI ILYIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin Vows To ‘Finish Off’ Ukrainian Troops After Breaking U.S.-Backed Black Sea Ceasefire

Russian President Vladimir Putin escalated hostilities on Friday by issuing a stark directive to “finish off” Ukrainian forces, following his earlier-ordered strikes on a Ukrainian energy facility—an act that violated the U.S.-backed “partial” Black Sea ceasefire with Ukraine.

TOPSHOT - A Ukrainian serviceman holds a MANPADS (Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems) "Stinger" anti-aircraft weapon as they scan for possible air targets, onboard a Maritime Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine boat as it patrols in the northwestern part of the Black Sea on December 18, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This boat is part of Kyiv's strategy aimed at keeping the Russian military fleet away from the Ukrainian coast, with the key mission of securing the corridor set up since August between Ukrainian ports in the Odessa region and the Bosphorus Strait, after Moscow slammed the door on an international grain agreement. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

White House: Ukraine And Russia Have Agreed To ‘Eliminate Use Of Force’ In The Black Sea

The White House announced on Tuesday that Trump officials were able to negotiate an agreement between Ukraine and Russia to “eliminate the use of force” in the Black Sea, marking a significant step closer towards a peace deal between the two feuding countries.

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 24: Firefighters clear rubble for hours in search of missing people following an air strike, on September 24, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Several projectiles struck multiple residential buildings in Kharkiv this afternoon. (Photo by Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)

Witkoff: Trump And Putin Expected To Negotiate Ceasefire Deal This Week

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff stated that President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week as the two world leaders look to iron out a peace deal.

TOPSHOT - The Russian flag waves in front of the Ukrainian military ship the Slavutich moored in the bay of Sevastopol on March 22, 2014. About 200 pro-Russian protesters on March 22 stormed a Ukrainian air force base in western Ukraine, AFP correspondents saw. The unarmed crowd broke through to the base in the town of Novofedorivka and started smashing windows as Ukrainian servicemen barricaded themselves inside buildings and threw smoke bombs at the intruders from the roof. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV (Photo by VIKTOR DRACHEV / AFP) (Photo by VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine Strikes Russia’s Black Sea Fleet HQ

Ukraine struck the headquarters of the Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in a missile attack on Friday. The attack left a serviceman missing and the main building damaged.