This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 18, 2025, shows a damaged residential building following an air attack, in Kharkiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Three people were killed and more than a dozen wounded by an overnight Russian drone strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv, the mayor Igor Terekhov said on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP)
Hopes of ending the war in Ukraine remain remote as Russia and Ukraine remain sharply divided over the future of Donetsk, a strategically vital region in the country’s east.
A senior aide to Vladimir Putin said on Friday that talks with United States envoys had made clear that no peace deal was
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Faith Omoboye
Faith Omoboye is a foreign affairs correspondent with background in History and International relations. Her work focuses on African politics, diplomacy, and global governance.
