While world leaders bicker over the prospects for peace, the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two is heating up fast.

A bipartisan duo met with the Ukrainian president and made the case for Congress to impose harsh economic penalties on Moscow for its continuing offensive.

American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything.

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday after a wave of Kremlin attacks last weekend.  The three leaders discussed

Low-level delegations from Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years in Istanbul on May 16. The talks, which lasted two hours, brought no significant breakthrough, although both sides agreed to the largest prisoner exchange of the war. It was carried out last weekend and freed 1,000 captives on each side.

Germany has given Ukraine the green light to strike targets inside Russia using long-range weapons supplied by Berlin, in a decision that signals a notable hardening of Western resolve as the war grinds on.

The dead included three children in the northern region of Zhytomyr, local officials said. Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the U.S. to speak out.

BERLIN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday as Ukraine seeks further military support amid a recent escalation in Russia's bombing campaign, despite U.S.-led efforts to end the war.

The 12 servicemen were given the cash at a ceremony near the Russian-Ukrainian border for helping to shoot down a US-made F-16 fighter jet, Russian state media reported.