While Trump’s administration insists it can end Russia’s war in Ukraine through diplomacy, it’s being decided on the ground militarily.

Ukrainian forces are reported to have launched a new incursion into Russia's Kursk border region, where Kyiv officials had hoped to gain leverage in peace negotiations. Russian military Telegram channels reported that Ukrainian troops breached the Russian border near the village of Tetkino.

President Vladimir Putin said in remarks published on Sunday that Russia had sufficient strength and resources to take the war in Ukraine to its logical conclusion, though he hoped that there would be no need to use nuclear weapons.

Ukraine originally launched a surprise cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk region in August, 2024 Ukraine said it hit a drone command unit in the Kursk region, amid reports of fresh attempts to cross into Russia.

A Russian overnight drone attack on Ukraine's capital injured at least 11 people, including two children, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Sunday for a real ceasefire lasting at least a month in the more than three-year-old war.