The president announced that “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.”

Ukraine's President Zelenskyy met US and European leaders in Rome ahead of a key Trump-Putin call, pushing for a "full and unconditional ceasefire" and using his Rome visit to strengthen diplomacy.

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy could take place if the two sides come to certain agreements, the Kremlin said.

Vladimir Putin unleashed a drone on a civilian bus in the region of Sumy hours after the end of the first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine since the early weeks of the war. Nine people were killed and four others wounded in the northeastern city of Bilopillia,