After Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian air bases, the two sides talked for less than an hour in Istanbul and a halt to the fighting seems out of reach for now.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Defense Minister Rustem Umerov would sit down with Russian officials at the second round of peace talks on Monday.

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to conduct the largest prisoner and war dead exchange since the conflict began in February 2022.

Costing as little as $400 apiece, Kyiv’s flying machines are successfully neutralizing sophisticated Russian equipment worth thousands of times more

Ukraine unleashed more than a hundred drones smuggled deep into Russia in what it called its most damaging attack yet.

Delegations from the warring sides met for barely an hour and agreed to exchange more prisoners of war - focusing on the youngest and most severely wounded - and return the bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers.

Ukraine and Russia met in Istanbul on Monday to exchange memorandums on a possible ceasefire to end Vladimir Putin’s three-year war, despite a gulf remaining between the two sides’ positions.

Asian shares have fallen and oil prices jumped as trade tensions and the Russian-Ukraine conflict ratcheted up geopolitical uncertainty.

Ukraine carried out a daring attack on nuclear-capable bombers deep in Sibera and a highway bridge was blown up over a passenger train.

Ukraine’s daring strike on Russian bombers far from the frontlines highlights the dominance of drones, as the tech grows ever more deadly.

After closing out its best month since 2023, Wall Street opened with losses on Monday as the Russia-Ukraine conflict escalated over the weekend, contributing to broader market anxiety and a jump in oil prices.