Ukraine talks in Geneva, President Zelensky says: "Putin wants legal recognition to what he has stolen...that's the main problem."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky heads to Turkey for high-stakes talks as the U.S. and Ukraine revise a peace plan that has received criticism by some for supposed benefits to Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude for those helping to end the war with Russia after Trump said he had "zero gratitude."

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced that Kyiv and U.S. negotiating teams will meet soon to discuss concrete steps toward a peace framework aimed at achieving a ceasefire with Russia. Speaking alongside Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze,

Meanwhile, the U.S. and Russia held secret talks in Abu Dhabi on Monday, according to reports by Reuters and the Financial Times, as the Trump administration seeks to sustain the momentum of progress on its evolving peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, which still rages in the background. Those talks were set to continue on Tuesday.

Over nearly four years of wartime leadership, analysts say the Ukrainian leader has repeatedly played weak hands wisely. A U.S. peace plan may be his biggest test.

Russia controls nearly one-fifth of Ukraine's territory. The Russian forces are currently fighting the Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky may soon be in Washington to finalize a peace deal brokered by the Trump administration but with details still to be worked out, pressure is building on the Ukr