Russia and Ukraine agreed Tuesday to "eliminate the use of force" in the Black Sea, marking a tentative first step toward peace following three days of talks in Saudi Arabia.

With U.S. President Donald Trump urging a swift end to the war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, U.S. negotiators met separately with delegations from Kyiv and

Russia and the United States have agreed that a 30-day energy truce mentioned by Vladimir Putin last week applies to pipelines, power stations and refineries, the Kremlin said Tuesday.

Moscow insists the truce between Moscow and Kyiv has been in effect since March 18, but it had until now revealed no details, while Ukraine has accused Russia of

Russian law enforcement authorities issued an arrest warrant for exiled political analyst Yekaterina Schulmann, the news outlet Mediazona reported Tuesday.

Schulmann, one of Russia’s most prominent analysts on legislative affairs, left for Germany in early 2022 to pursue academic work shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.