KYIV — A second round of talks between Russian, Ukrainian and US officials on a US-drafted plan to end the nearly four-year Ukraine war will begin on Wednesday, instead of Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Ukraine saw a rare overnight lull in attacks on energy infrastructure after President Trump personally urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to pause strikes — but the Kremlin said Friday the brief reprieve will last only through Sunday.

Volodymyr Zelensky has been talking up Russia’s battlefield fatalities and has asked his new Defense Minister to make it a priority.

President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of exploiting a US-backed energy truce to stockpile munitions, leading to massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, causing wide

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday canceled his planned appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and stayed in Kyiv as Russian strikes crippled the country’s energy grid — leaving tens of thousands without heat in the dead of winter.

President Volodymyr Zelensky should travel to Moscow if he wants to hold direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Jan. 28. The comment follows remarks by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha,

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that rare three-way negotiations between Ukrainian, Russian and American teams in Abu Dhabi had been “constructive.”

The Trump White House is trying to broker a deal to end Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, approaching its fourth anniversary.