KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had spoken by telephone to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and that they had discussed joint steps and the need to put pressure on Russia to secure "a just peace".

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Tuesday of playing for time to be able to continue the war in Ukraine and its occupation of Ukrainian territory. Speaking a day after US President Donald Trump discussed the war with Russian President Vladimir Putin,

President Trump detailed his over two-hour phone call with Russian President Putin. There was no immediate breakthrough, but Trump said both sides had agreed to start direct ceasefire talks. He also said that Pope Leo XIV has offered to host negotiations.

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish authorities have indicted a man charged with planning to help Russian foreign intelligence services prepare a possible attempt to assassinate Ukraine's president, prosecutors said on Tuesday.