Three meters underground, a network of tunnels and trenches fortified with timber provides a safer spot for frontline fighters to rest and recuperate – and a deeper position to defend against a potential Russian advance into Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine.

A July 20 memo ordered U.S. intelligence agencies not to share information about Russia-Ukraine talks with Five Eyes partners U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Prince Harry and King Charles’ peace talks spiraled into fresh bitterness and leaking accusations as the royal family attempts to make amends.

Oil prices rose by nearly a dollar a barrel on Thursday as Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for a stalled peace process, and as earlier U.S. data showed signs of strong demand in the top oil consuming nation.

Other lower level meetings planned for this week underscore the massive task ahead for European allies as they weigh plans for sending a peacekeeping force to Ukraine.

After this week’s diplomatic dance between world leaders over the Russia-Ukraine war, the world has been eagerly waiting for the announcement of a face-to-face summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Hungary has offered to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine twice, and the offer still stands, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a podcast broadcast on Facebook on Thursday.

While social media users claimed Trump "ended a war," it would be more accurate to say he helped pause fighting in a five-day armed conflict.

As President Volodymyr Zelensky seeks a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war, the battlefield is shifting in Moscow's favor, bolstering its position in potential peace talks. Russia's main focus remains the Pokrovsk sector in the eastern Donetsk Oblast,