European leaders have joined Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in insisting that any talks on ending the war in Ukraine should start with freezing the current front line, and warned that Russia is not serious about peace.

US president Donald Trump claims the Kremlin is now ready to end its invasion of Ukraine, but Ukrainians who have seen the Russian regime from inside say they witnessed only a lust for more war and conquest during years of imprisonment and torture.

As temperatures drop in Ukraine, Russia has stepped up drone attacks on power facilities supplying millions of homes across the country.

A contentious meeting between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine produced no obvious progress toward a cease-fire.

Only Russia friendly Hungary and Slovakia, refused to back the bill, which terminates Russian pipeline and liquified natural gas imports.

More than three and a half years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe is still grappling with its energy security by diversifying its oil and gas imports away from Moscow and toward other markets.

European democracy and rule of law are at risk, the general says, so Europe must give Ukraine whatever it can to pressure Moscow, even if Trump does not.

In this week's newsletter, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, previews the upcoming EU summit and looks at Brussels' plan to train Ukrainian soldiers on their own soil.

The European Union's top official warns that Russia is conducting a "targeted gray zone campaign" against Europe.

Donald Trump’s announcement that his next summit with Vladimir Putin will be hosted by the pro-Russian prime minister of Hungary has alarmed European capitals after the US president’s apparent siding with Moscow on how to end its war in Ukraine.