The Kremlin / Russian Government

Rule Changes

Rejects a ceasefire and wants a broad European security framework first

European leaders rejected a US-Russian plan to rewrite Europe's security rules, saying Moscow should not hold a veto over NATO. Their rejection came before the first direct Russia-Ukraine talks in nine months, held in Abu Dhabi and ending on November 11 with a prisoner-exchange deal but no ceasefire.

Updated 1 hour ago

Force in Play

Denies targeting civilians; offered no immediate comment on the strike

Rescue workers pulled bodies from a smoldering school in Komyshuvakha, a village in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, after Russian bombs hit a humanitarian aid distribution point on November 2. Bodycam video released by Ukraine's police appears to show residents walking through the rubble after the first strike, before bombs hit a shelter where police and rescuers had taken cover.

Updated 4 days ago

Force in Play

As of October 2026: Says it has no information on the transfer

Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly on Sept 23 that Ukraine had transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea. Seoul says the disclosure broke a secrecy deal, and it has demanded an apology and recalled its ambassador from Kyiv.

Updated Oct 10

Force in Play

As of September 2026: Hosted talks; ordered pause on Kyiv strikes

President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday for their first official visit to Ukraine. The trip came a day after a three-hour meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, part of a renewed push to end a war now in its fifth year.

Updated Sep 7

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Pressing neutrality and territorial conditions while continuing strikes

Zelensky just did something he once treated as untouchable: he offered to drop Ukraine's NATO bid. Not as surrender, but as a trade—Kyiv gives up the alliance path, and the West gives Ukraine legally binding protection strong enough to scare Moscow off for good.

Updated May 15