Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump say they will meet Friday in Washington as the two countries finalize a deal on mineral resources.

Lawmakers sought to dispel Kremlin talking points echoed by the president that Ukraine was responsible for the war with Russia. But they said Trump should be given room to negotiate.

Several NATO allies stressed that Ukraine and Europe must not be cut out of any peace talks, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that the U.S. is betraying Ukraine.

More than 200 heads of state will be invited to Claudia Sheinbaum's swearing-in, scheduled for Oct. 1.

Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, is the country’s artistic heart, especially for classical music. Despite weeks of Russian strikes on the city, an orchestra refused to cancel its festival.

Faliks draws from her Ukrainian-Jewish heritage and Mikhail Bulgakov's anti-censorship novel The Master and Margarita for a new album.

The 86-year-old Kyiv native, living in exile in Berlin, has a new album of symphonic works that explores the idea of reminiscence.

The event sponsored by the San Antonio Ukrainian Homestead Project begins at 2 p.m.

In a gesture of wartime support, the European Union has exempted Ukrainian truckers from EU limits on how many drivers can enter Europe. Polish truckers say that's destroying their businesses.

Kristina Spitsyna, 21, and Svitlana Siemiekina, 18. sang to passers-by on the street before they died.