The Trump administration has denied pressuring Kyiv into agreeing a rapid peace deal with Russia despite the US president reportedly setting a Christmas deadline. During a two-hour call US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner is said to have told Volodymyr Zelensky that the President wanted to see a peace deal agreed “by Christmas”.

Ukraine is under US pressure to agree to a proposed peace deal with Russia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Five hours of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and top United States negotiators did not yield a breakthrough compromise on a possible Ukraine peace deal, a Kremlin aide said early Wednesday.

U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

The Trump administration is pushing both Ukraine and Russia to reach agreement on a ceasefire and to kick-off formal talks on ending the war. The discussions

Prime Minister Keir Starmer held talks with Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the British leader’s 10 Downing St. residence to try to strengthen Ukraine’s hand amid mounting impatience from U.S. President Donald Trump.