
Their new agreement notwithstanding, Moscow and Kyiv are ultimately set to go their separate ways on energy.
Their new agreement notwithstanding, Moscow and Kyiv are ultimately set to go their separate ways on energy.
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators will meet at the Normandy summit, but the considerable distance between the two sides will be difficult to bridge.
The Ukrainian president is facing familiar obstacles as he seeks to withdraw forces from eastern Ukraine and implement a political settlement for the separatist region.
An end to Kyiv and Moscow’s six-year conflict remains a distant prospect. But a mutual step back from the front line could at least create enough space to reopen the conversation.
If the two countries cannot reach an agreement before the current agreement expires Dec. 31, Russian gas deliveries to Europe via Ukraine could well experience interruptions.
The U.S. national security adviser is on a tour of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova in a bid to make inroads against the Kremlin.
With his party on course for a big win in legislative elections, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he wants to solve the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but that'll be easier said than done.
Examining Moscow's footprints in Syria and Ukraine could offer clues of how an involvement in the U.S. backyard could play out.
Internal political opposition and external pressure mean the landslide victory for Volodymyr Zelenskiy won't easily translate into the ability to steer the country in another direction.
With a pro-Western candidate seemingly destined to win Ukraine's March 31 presidential election, the Eastern European battleground has demonstrated that Moscow's machinations can only go so far.