Eastern Ukraine

• Zelenskyy names Ukraine’s head of military intel as his chief of staff - Kyrylo Budanov is one of the country’s most recognizable and popular wartime figures. He has led Ukraine’s military intelligence agency since 2020.
• Zelenskyy names Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as new top aide - Budanov's appointment to lead the office of the president marks an unusual shift, placing a serving intelligence chief at the centre of Ukraine's political and diplomatic coordination.View on euronews
• US offered Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee, Zelenskyy says - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shed light on security guarantees under discussion with the U.S. after a meeting with President Donald Trump.
• US offers Ukraine 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says - The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, though he said he would prefer an American commitment of up to 50 year
• Kremlin official says Russian police and National Guard to stay in Ukraine's Donbas even after peace - A senior Kremlin official says that the Russian police and National Guard will remain in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas to oversee the prized industrial region, even if a peace settlement ends the nearly four-year war — a possibility that is like
• Russia says battlefield success strengthening its hand in Ukraine talks - The Kremlin said Wednesday that its army's recent battlefield successes in Ukraine had bolstered its position in talks to end the fighting, as both Moscow and Kyiv prepared for more negotiations with the US. US President Donald Trump's envo
• Ukraine in maps: Tracking the war with Russia - How Russia's gradual gains in the face of fierce Ukrainian opposition have affected the front line in recent months.