Ukraine is becoming increasingly dependent on foreign aid as Russian air attacks further devastate its economy, according to a Bloomberg Economics report.

The Ukrainian economy will contract this year for the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion, the central bank said, as Russia escalates airstrikes against civilians and businesses.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to draw a line under the escalating feud with the US after meeting with Donald Trump’s envoys in Oslo, while the US president kept up pressure on Kyiv.

Ukraine is in talks with Turkey, Egypt and India on the possibility of opening up Black Sea civil navigation, particularly for agriculture exports, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Donald Trump of trying to pressure Kyiv into surrendering to Russia, escalating a week-long row with the US president.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s holding talks Sunday with US President Donald Trump’s envoys with a view to arranging a new rounds of peace meetings as early as this week.

Ukraine’s parliament will vote on a flurry of laws this week to secure further financing from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

African nations are calling for Ukraine to return their citizens who are being held in its prisoner of war camps after they were caught fighting for Russia.

Ukrainians are already drawing up contingency plans for what threatens to be the worst wartime winter yet.

Ukraine faces sweeping cuts to its war-ravaged budget unless lawmakers adopt unpopular measures needed to access billions in western aid ahead of winter, according to its new prime minister.

Ukraine is resigned to Russia’s war dragging on through another tough winter and is looking for a “package” from allies that would cover air defense reinforcements as well as energy, including US LNG.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump’s envoys in Kyiv, a day after Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Moscow with President Vladimir Putin in pursuit of a way to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

As a resident of Boryspil, a satellite town of Kyiv, Kostyantyn Kuts has grown accustomed to regular night-time air raids. This past week has been different.

Ukrainian lawmakers rejected legislation sought by the IMF and the European Union to remove some tax exemptions, potentially jeopardizing further payouts of aid from the biggest donors.

Ukraine faces a deepening financial hole in funding for its defense against Russia’s invasion, as it struggles to preserve access to billions of dollars in aid pledged by Western donors.

Ukraine offered Russia a truce on attacks against ships carrying agricultural commodities through the Black Sea, but Moscow rejected the deal because it wanted guarantees against strikes on its energy infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s attempt to turn the page on a string of domestic setbacks backfired as the Ukrainian president fired a senior aide amid corruption allegations and faced a call for wartime elections.

Ukrainian lawmakers approved Yevhenii Khmara for defense minister as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy seeks to defuse domestic tensions sparked by his government reshuffle.

The popular former Ukrainian defense minister, whose firing by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy triggered nationwide protests, strongly hinted at his political ambitions with a late-night video calling for wartime elections.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is increasingly unhappy with central bank Governor Andrii Pyshnyi, viewing him as being too close to the International Monetary Fund and not doing enough to support the wartime economy, according to people familiar with the situation.