Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Ukraine’s “absolute heroism” on Monday as the country marked the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion and European leaders began arriving in Kyiv for a summit.

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Ukraine enters the fourth year of all-out war with Russia on Monday, unsure it can rely any longer on its staunchest ally the United States as its exhausted troops fight to hold their ground against unrelenting enemy advances.

Russia wants a long-term peace deal over Ukraine that tackles what it regards as the root causes of the conflict and not a quick U.S.-backed ceasefire followed by a swift restart of fighting, a senior Russian diplomat told the RIA news agency.

President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that there would be an expectation that U.S. firms may do business in Russia in the event of a peace deal in the Russia-Ukraine war.

CNN host Jake Tapper exposed President Trump’s negotiation strategy in the war in Ukraine as a top foreign affairs envoy struggled to point out one concession Russia would make in a peace deal. In an interview on State of the Union on Sunday,

Earlier, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the package would be Britain's largest against Russia since the early days of the Ukraine war, including more measures against vessels used to help Russia evade sanctions and targeting companies in China and elsewhere who supply military components.

On Monday, 24 February, the UK imposed its largest package of sanctions against Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Source: the UK Government in a statement on its website,

EU foreign ministers adopted a 16th package of sanctions against Russia on, which targets a cryptocurrency exchange for the first time, a Council statement said.