While pipeline infrastructure could be salvageable, turning the tap back on is set to be politically controversial.

The European Union came up with an 11th-hour deal to help Ukraine, but the solution raised questions about the bloc’s decisiveness.

A White House envoy said he held “productive and constructive” talks with Ukrainian and European representatives to end the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukraine Strikes Airbase Deep Inside Russia. On Dec. 21, Ukrainian intelligence announced it conducted a major strike on a Russian airbase near

European Union officials wanted to use Russia’s frozen assets to back a major loan to Ukraine. Facing opposition in their own camp, they settled on another way.

European Union leaders have committed to funding Ukraine's economic and military needs for the next two years.

A White House envoy said Sunday that he held 'productive and constructive' talks in Florida with Ukrainian and European representatives to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Alas, Europe closed the year with a half-fumble. At an EU summit on December 18th the bloc’s 27 national leaders could not agree on the reparations loan they had been discussing for weeks. After talks that lasted into the small hours of December 19th,

The U.S. has been pursuing a solution to the war in Ukraine, and recently highlighted those efforts as part of its new national security strategy. Heather Conley, former deputy assistant secretary of state for European affairs during the George W.

Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters in Moscow that the European and Ukrainian changes would not improve the chances of peace. "This is not a forecast," Ushakov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies, though he said he had not seen the exact proposals on paper yet.

European leaders have refused to accept the new geopolitical reality, stumbling forward and  hoping Russia will just give up, despite there being zero indication that will happen.

Witkoff said on social media that talks with officials from Ukraine and Europe focused on a "shared strategic approach."