Clinching a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war "is far too complex to be done quickly," a senior Kremlin official said Wednesday, as the U.S. labors to bring momentum to peace efforts and expresses frustration over the slow progress.

President Vladimir Putin is open to peace in Ukraine and intense work is going on with the United States, but the conflict is so complicated that the rapid progress which Washington wants is difficult to achieve,

Russian drone attacks killed a 12-year-old girl in central Ukraine and wounded three people in the capital Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials said.

On the heels of a private meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while attending the funeral for Pope Francis in Vatican City, Moscow attacked Kyiv with 149 drones,

Ukraine’s officials said three people were killed by a Russian drone attack early Friday, less than a day after President Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the assaults