President Donald Trump came into office with bold plans to secure an end to the Russia-Ukraine war “within 24 hours.” While that timeframe may have been hyperbolic, Trump was clearly very intent on getting a peace deal signed quite early in his second term.

Trump announced that ongoing peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine include discussions on land division, with a full ceasefire expected soon. While Putin has demanded international recognition of occupied Ukrainian territories,

Russia and Ukraine traded blame on Friday over an attack on a gas metering station that lies in Russia’s Kursk region, just a few hundred meters from their shared border.

Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of blowing up a major Russian gas pumping station in the Kursk region in what it called "an act of terrorism."

Russian attacks killed two people late on Friday, March 21, in Ukraine's southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia and three more in the country's north and east, officials said.

Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people and wounded 12, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, despite agreeing to a limited ceasefire. Ukraine and Russia agreed in principle Wednesday to a limited ceasefire after US President Donald Trump spoke with the countries’ leaders,

Despite the much-ballyhooed agreement in principle to a 30-day ceasefire on energy infrastructure, neither Russia nor Ukraine has been pulling any punches. Each side appears intent on inflicting as much damage as possible on the other as the implementation of the ceasefire remains under negotiation.