KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As momentum builds for a ceasefire with Russia, Ukraine has all but lost a valuable bargaining chip.

U.S. officials arrived in Moscow discuss the proposed 30-day pause in fighting between Ukraine and Russia, but Russia is wary of the deal.

Russian infantry groups are continuing to storm the border area of Ukraine's Sumy Oblast. Source: DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts; Ukrainska Pravda sources in a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit deployed to this area Details: DeepState reported that Russian troops are still attempting to infiltrate the village of Basivka,

Russian troops continue their assault operations in Sumy Oblast in an attempt to push Ukrainian forces out of Russia’s Kursk Oblast, but they have failed to achieve success. Source: Andrii Demchenko,

Russia claimed to retake a key town in the area from Ukrainian forces. Ukraine’s top military commander has said that its forces would continue to “hold the line.”

On the night of Thursday, March 13, the aggressor country russia attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Kursk Oblast and 117 Shahed

Firefighters tackled a blaze in the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine after a Russian attack late on Tuesday. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.