The U.S.-led push to end Russia’s nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine gained momentum late last year and is moving ahead in 2026, with leaders, diplomats and envoys traveling to a flurry of meetings to discuss a potential deal.

Ukrainian, US and Russian negotiators held talks in the UAE in the first known meeting to be attended by all three countries since the war began.

"It is the use of nuclear risk as a tool of coercion," Ukraine's foreign minister said.

Russia seized a record amount of assets last year but is struggling to profit from their sale, with the failed auction of a major Moscow airport underscoring the challenges the state faces in topping up its coffers with the proceeds.

Finnish president dismantles the idea Russia is winning war in Ukraine: ‘Utter strategic failure’ - Alexander Stubb says the war has caused Nato to expand and European countries to increase their defe

Vladimir Putin has moved to turn Donald Trump’s new “Board of Peace” into leverage in negotiations over Ukraine. The Kremlin tyrant hopes Russia could buy its way onto the US president’s flagship