The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has presented Ukraine with proposals to end the war. These include, among other things, recognizing Crimea as Russian and abandoning aspirations to join NATO.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has presented Ukraine with proposals to end the ongoing conflict. These include recognizing Crimea as Russian territory and abandoning aspirations to join NATO.

Ukraine says its air force hit a Russian drone hub, killing operators. The site was used to launch reconnaissance, strike, and FPV drones, it said.

Authorities in Ukraine say Russian drones have battered the Ukrainian port city of Odesa in a nighttime attack.

Ukraine says it was struck by a new barrage of deadly Russian air attacks as an Easter ceasefire ended and as the US pushes for a deal between Moscow and Kyiv to end the three-year-long conflict.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he is open to the possibility of bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time in years, as pressure from the United States builds on both sides to agree to a peace deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Monday bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time since the early days of the war, and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv was eager to discuss a halt to attacks on civilian targets.

Moscow said it was pleased with a Trump administration proposal to rule out Ukraine joining NATO as a way to end the war but showed no urgency in reaching a deal.

President Vladimir Putin and Russia remain open to finding a settlement to the Ukraine crisis, and work with the U.S. is ongoing, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. (Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Gleb Stolyarov;

United States special envoy to Russia and Ukraine General Keith Kellogg said Sunday (April 20) that President Donald Trump’s team will return to London this week for ceasefire talks on Ukraine, but a NATO membership was "off the table".