Estonia said Baltic and Nordic nations were working together to provide Ukraine with financing to buy US weapons, as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte expressed confidence that more allies would commit money.

Local authorities in Ukraine ordered the evacuation of residents from dozens of villages on Tuesday near the all-but-destroyed northeastern city of Kupiansk, citing the "worsening security situation," in a region that has faced heavy Russian attacks.

President Donald Trump is “optimistic” he can achieve peace in Ukraine on the heels of the successful hostage exchange in the Middle East, a White House official told POLITICO. Trump has a meeting scheduled with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday,

The Kremlin will negotiate only if missiles and drones bring the pain of war home to Russians, Ukrainian officials say.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Germany would buy $500 million worth of U.S. weapons for Ukraine under a new program to fast-track military equipment.

Gennady Trukhanov has served as mayor of the southern port city of Odesa, which has been heavily bombarded by Moscow, since 2014. He denied the accusations and said he would appeal at the country's top court. Newsweek has reached out to the Ukrainian presidential office for comment.

A day after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, international law stalwart Phillipe Sands called for the establishment of a special international court to prosecute the highest Kremlin leaders for the conflict.