U.S. negotiators have told Ukraine during peace talks in Berlin that it must agree to withdraw forces from the eastern Donetsk region under any deal to end the nearly four-year-old war with Russia, an official familiar with the matter said.

In the territory of Donetsk region controlled by Ukraine, 33 Ukrposhta offices are currently operating – 27 stationary and six mobile – whereas before Russia’s full-scale invasion a total of 304 offices were functioning there.

There are no official statistics surrounding suicide among Ukrainian soldiers, but they are thought to count in the hundreds.

Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys on Tuesday yielded no public breakthrough on a potential Ukraine peace deal, with Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov suggesting unsolved "territorial problems" were the main stumbling block.

Ukraine is not ready to withdraw from the Donetsk region, while the aggressor state Russia is seeking the complete seizure of Donbas. Against this backdrop, the United States is looking for a compromise solution.

European leaders are expected to cement support for Ukraine Monday as it faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a U.S.-brokered peace deal. After Sunday’s talks in Berlin

From drone units to evacuations, Ukrainian women are filling critical frontline and volunteer roles as the war grinds on.

US negotiators have told Ukraine during peace talks in Berlin that it must agree to withdraw forces from the eastern Donetsk region under any deal to end...

EADaily, December 18th, 2025. Since the beginning of the year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Donetsk" has lost over 225 thousand people and 242 tanks. In the Kursk direction, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 76 thousand of the most trained servicemen of