POKROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — A dire shortage of infantry troops and supply routes coming under Russian drone attacks are conspiring against Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, where decisive battles in the nearly three-year war are playing out — and time is running short.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous.”

Trump promised during his campaign he would end the war within 24 hours of taking office, but his aides have since said a deal could take months.

Ukrainian president says direct talks between U.S. and Russia about the war that exclude Kyiv are 'very dangerous.

News alerts lit up phones across Kyiv on Sunday night after former President Donald Trump made a brief but cryptic comment on a tarmac in Palm Beach, Florida. The president stated that discussions involving Ukraine and Russia are "making progress.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that members of his administration are already in talks with Russian authorities about ending Moscow’s war on Ukraine. “We will be speaking, and I think we’ll perhaps do something that’ll be significant,

US President Donald Trump has stated that his administration is engaged in talks with Ukraine, Russia and other parties. Source: Trump’s comments to journalists late on 2 February, as reported by RFE/RL Quote: "We're dealing with Ukraine and Russia.

Trump's Ukraine envoy said Sunday that both Kyiv and Moscow would have to make concessions if they are to successfully negotiate a solution to the ongoing war.