War in Ukraine

The U.S. had expressed hope that the halt could be extended, but a Kremlin spokesman said Putin hadn't ordered it to continue.

The truce, announced Saturday by Russia’s Vladimir Putin, was meant to silence the weapons for Easter Sunday, but each side has accused the other of launching hundreds of attacks.

According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will last from 6 p.m. Moscow time Saturday to midnight after Easter Sunday.

Trump told reporters that “Marco is right” that the U.S. wants the war to end, but “hopefully we won’t have to” walk away from peace talks.

Trump has indicated he is frustrated with Moscow and Kyiv, even as his administration has shifted rhetoric toward accommodating Russia's account of the conflict.

The Russian ambassador to Berlin was accused of efforts to "instrumentalize" the 80th anniversary of the war.

Antonina Favorskaya, Kostantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group labeled as extremist. All maintained their innocence.

“European countries, especially France, Great Britain and Germany, are increasing the level of escalation around the Ukrainian conflict,” Sergei Naryshkin told state media.

The Ukrainian president called on Trump to “understand what Putin did” after a missile strike Sunday, one of the deadliest single attacks on Ukraine this year.

The missile strike Sunday was one of the deadliest single attacks on Ukraine this year, as diplomatic efforts led by the U.S. have yielded few results.

Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg appeared to suggest in an interview that Ukraine could be divided like Berlin after World War II.