Russia and Ukraine may be on the point of holding peace talks for the first time since the early weeks of the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday he had spoken with Pope Leo XIV and invited him to visit Ukraine.

Zelensky urged Putin to meet in Istanbul for peace talks, reviving diplomacy generally stalled since 2022.

Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force ...