European Union leaders are gathering this week at the end of political year dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Nebraska Republican criticized the president for "trashing Europe" while favoring Russia in comments to NBC News.

The sweeping peace framework features “Article Five-like” security guarantees, a multibillion-dollar rebuilding plan, progress on tough territorial disputes, and a possible 50/50 split of the

Zelensky has responded to the mounting pressure, reiterating that Ukraine will not concede land to its “aggressor.”

Ukraine and its allies are scrambling to keep Trump onside as the U.S. piles pressure on Kyiv to make a peace deal.

Two women from different nations, Melania Trump and Olena Zelenska, champion the fight against Russia's billion-dollar plot targeting Ukrainian children.

European officials are growing concerned that an emerging US-brokered peace deal in Ukraine could be exploited by Russia, paving the way for a re-invasion of territory in the war-battered nation’s eastern Donbas region.

Vladimir Putin does not want a deal, and the sweetness of being begged to entertain one is something the Russian president relishes. Five hours of US President Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law meeting with the Kremlin head seemed to yield little publicly.

Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.