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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks, during a joint press conference with Finland's President Alexander Stubb, at the Presidential Palace, in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP)

Zelenskyy and Putin have agreed to a limited ceasefire, but implementation is work in progress

Ukraine and Russia agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire after President Donald Trump spoke with the countries’ leaders this week, though it remains to be seen when it might take effect and what possible targets would be off limits to attack.
 
People watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech after signing treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia in the Moscow's Kremlin, during a meeting in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it’s coveted by both Russia and Ukraine

 
In this combination of file photos, President Donald Trump, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, are seen at the Elysee Palace, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris, and President Vladimir Putin, right, addresses a Technology Forum in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, left and center, Pavel Bednyakov, right)

Ukraine and Russia have conditions that could affect a ceasefire. What are they willing to concede?

 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo)

Zelenskyy names new chief of general staff to enhance Ukraine’s combat effectiveness

 
Ukrainian serviceman of Khartia brigade known by call sign "Krystal" fires M101 Howitzer towards Russian positions in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

US arms flow to Ukraine again as the Kremlin mulls a ceasefire proposal

 

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FILE - A destroyed car is seen in front of a residential building which was heavily bombed by Russian forces, in the frontline city of Vuhledar, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

The fall of Vuhledar is a microcosm of Ukraine’s wartime predicament

 

Hospital clowns bring joy to young Ukrainian cancer patients who survived Russian missile attack

 
Tetiana Nosova, who goes by the clown name of Zhuzha, a volunteer from the "Bureau of Smiles and Support" plays a ukulele as she stands with Michael Bilyk, who is held by his mother Antonina Malyshko, and Kira Vertetska, 8, at Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton Shtuka)

Hospital clowns bring joy to young Ukrainian cancer patients who survived Russian missile attack

 
In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry press service on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, a Russian BM-21 Grad self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher fires on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian missiles and drones target Kyiv for 5 hours and hit Ukraine’s power grid

 

Zelenskyy’s victory plan sets Ukraine’s terms in a desperate war against Russia

 

Ukrainian military veterans take part in charity run in Kyiv

 

Rally in Kyiv in support of Ukrainian defenders of the Azovstal steel works still imprisoned by Russia

 
Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Takeaways from AP’s report on warning signs about suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt

 
A woman wearing a face mask walks down a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Sept. 20, 2024 on a day with poor air quality. (AP Photo/Tony Hicks)

Residents in Kyiv told to stay indoors as air pollution blankets the Ukrainian capital

 
A man passes by a burnt transformer from one of power plants badly damaged in one of Russia's recent missile attacks on energy system in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A charred transformer on a Kyiv square makes for an unusual Ukraine war exhibit

 
This combo picture shows two satellite images of an ammunition depot in Toropets, Russia, on Saturday Sept. 7, 2024, left, and the same ammunition depot in the aftermath of a large series of explosion, on Wednesday, Sept, 18, 2024, right. Ukrainian drones struck a large military depot in a town deep inside Russia overnight, causing a huge fire and forcing some residents to evacuate, a Ukrainian official and Russian news reports said Wednesday, Sept, 18. 2024. At least 13 people were injured, Russia's Health Ministry added. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Ukrainian drones strike a major military depot in a Russian town northwest of Moscow

 
Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Man who appeared intent on killing Trump wrote a book urging Iran to assassinate the ex-president

 
Flames rise after a Russian aerial bomb struck a multi-story residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday Sept. 15, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

2 people die in Ukraine’s Odesa after Moscow and Kyiv exchange drone and missile attacks

 
FILE - NATO's Chair of the Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer listens during the plenary session of the Seoul Defense Dialogue in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

NATO military committee chair, others back Ukraine’s use of long range weapons to hit Russia

 
U.S. historian and author Timothy Snyder gives autographs on his books before charity run to raise awareness on Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

US historian leads charity run in Kyiv to highlight the plight of Ukrainian POWs

 

US and UK pledge aid for Ukraine during diplomats’ visit to Kyiv

 
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrive at the train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

US and UK pledge almost $1.5 billion to help Ukraine during diplomats’ visit to Kyiv

 

US and British top diplomats arrive in Kyiv as Ukraine pushes for long-range strikes against Russia

 

Zelenskyy calls on allies to provide more weaponry support to Ukraine

 

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigns, parliament speaker says

 

Rescuers and volunteers help after Russian missiles blast Poltava in Ukraine

 
A Ukrainian war veteran puts on his prosthetic to take to the runway to demonstrate outfit by designers Andreas Moskin and Andriy Bilous during Fashion Week show in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Wearing prosthetics, Ukraine war veterans take to the runway as fashion week returns

 

Russia targets Ukraine with overnight barrage, as some children in Kyiv prevented from school return

 
First graders yawn as they attend a ceremony marking the start of classes at a school as part of the traditional opening of the school year known as "Day of Knowledge" in Makiivka, Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Ukraine’s children return to school as Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv

 
Rescuers carry a wounded man after Russian missile attack on the city palace of sports in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. Over 40 civilians were injured in Sunday's missile attack. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Russia launches a barrage of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine’s military says

 

With men at the front lines, women watch over Ukraine’s night sky for Russian drones

 

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy briefs media on war, fighting in Kursk, Russian nuclear threats

 

The chief of Ukraine’s army says the country’s troops control nearly 500 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region

 

Kyiv residents sing city’s anthem in subway as air alerts go off

 
Ukrainian soldiers guard the sky with a machine-gun on a city road during one of Russian most massive missile and drone attack against Ukraine's energy objects in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia’s deadly overnight barrage of missiles and drones hits over half of Ukraine

 
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