Donald Trump has pressed both sides to quickly come to an agreement to end the war, but while Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to an American plan for an initial 30-day halt to hostilities, Vladimir Putin's Russia has not signed on and has continued to strike at targets inside Ukraine.

A day after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican, Donald Trump says the US has "the confines of a deal" and Russia should sign it.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he is beginning to question whether Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to end the Russia-Ukraine war, a warning shot to the Russian leader that came just after Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome.

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin claimed that Russian forces have retaken control of the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched a surprise attack last year. However, Kyiv disputed the claim, stating that their troops are still fighting to maintain their presence in the area,

All Ukrainian troops have been forced from Russia's Kursk region, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff for Russia’s Armed Forces, gave Russian President Vladimir Putin the news in a meeting Saturday,

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces denied Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim over the weekend that Russian forces had fully retaken the Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an offensive last year.