The German government says that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Berlin on Wednesday to join Chancellor Friedrich Merz for talks with European and U.S. leaders ahead of the Trump-Putin summit later this week.

Russia has signaled to the U.S. that it may be willing to end the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters Tuesday. "We had a call with President Trump and with some European leaders.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the purpose of Russia's breakthrough near Dobropillia on the Pokrovsk front is to generate media coverage ahead of the 15 August meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.