While we wait for further updates on the talks between the US and Ukrainian delegations in Jeddah, defence chiefs are preparing for a meeting in Paris. This afternoon, defence leaders from around 30 countries will meet to draw up plans for the "coalition of the willing" to deter Russia from further invading Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.

U.S. and Ukrainian officials were to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks aimed at mending ties and gauging if Ukraine is willing to make concessions under President Donald Trump's push to end Russia's war with Ukraine swiftly.

Ahead of U.S.-Ukraine talks on the war with Russia, the United States expressed confidence Monday that Ukraine was on board with President Donald Trump's demand it move forward toward a peace deal with Russia.

Sen. Mark Kelly, who has accused President Donald Trump of 'trying to weaken Ukraine’s hand,' fired back at Elon Musk after the business tycoon branded the senator a "traitor."

A Democratic U.S. senator who just visited Ukraine said on Monday the Trump administration's suspension of intelligence-sharing had lessened Kyiv's defenses against Russia, and dismissed Trump advisor Elon Musk calling him a "traitor.

Atlantic Council senior fellow Ariel Cohen and Heritage Foundation senior fellow Charles 'Cully' Stimson discuss the state of the war amid White House tensions with President Zelenskyy.

He wanted to overthrow the pro-Western government and return Ukraine to Russia's sphere of influence. Putin failed, but more than three years on a fifth of Ukrainian territory is in Russian hands, and the US - until recently Ukraine's strongest ally - has paused aid under President Donald Trump and blamed Ukraine for starting the war.