There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity between Washington, Kyiv, Moscow and European capitals to discuss a plan to end the war. But US President Donald Trump says he's tired of talking — he wants action.

Russia wants all of the Donbas, and more. Ukraine is loath to cede any land to Moscow, let alone areas Kyiv’s forces control. The US is pushing for an end to the war. Here’s a look at the tense issue of territorial control in Ukraine,

President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that Russia would take full control of Ukraine's Donbas region by force unless Ukrainian forces withdraw, something Kyiv has flatly rejected.

Ukraine is not currently part of Nato, but Zelensky has consistently called for his country to be welcomed into the alliance.

Zelenskyy's remarks suggest he will not bend to pressure from Russian President Vladimir Putin or President Trump.

Moscow continues to insist that it wants Kyiv to withdraw its forces from Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, which Ukraine has been fiercely defending since 2014. What is there, and why is Moscow keen to take control of the entire area so much?

Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys on Tuesday yielded no public breakthrough on a potential Ukraine peace deal, with Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov suggesting unsolved "territorial problems" were the main stumbling block.

Trump has suggested Ukraine might need to cede parts of the Donbas region to Russia to end the war. The Donbas, Ukraine's industrial heartland, has been a focal point of Russian aggression due to its economic and historic significance, with parts under ...

From the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv has begged the U.S. for Tomahawk cruise missiles for deep strikes into Russia. The U.S. has been cautious about escalating its involvement in Ukraine into a confrontation with Russia, putting ...