"I am ready for direct talks with Putin to bring this war to an end, rather than waiting for when all will resolve every conflict in the world before our turn finally comes," Zelensky said.

Ukraine unleashed a massive drone blitz on Russia’s largest fuel export hub in St. Petersburg Wednesday morning – sending a stinging blow to Vladimir Putin as he kicks off his ritzy annual economic forum.

Ukraine is now capable of striking all of Moscow's military logistics in the occupied territories as 15 Russian oil refineries have been hit between January and May this year, President Volodymyr Zelensky said June 1.

Ukraine has launched a $113 million campaign to cut off Russia's last overland supply route — and it's already working. Crimea is rationing fuel, and front lines are feeling the squeeze.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin says French seizure of tanker ‘bordering on piracy’ as it vows response - Lukashenko says he knows the Ukrainian military 'does not want any war with Belarus'

Why November, and what can Russia no longer afford? For the first time in years of major war, time has begun to work in Ukraine’s favor, and right now, Russia is running out of options, according to RBC-Ukraine's article.

Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of abducting Ukrainian children and training them to fight against their own country. In an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation on 31 May, the Ukrainian president claimed that children taken to Russia were being taught to hate their native country.

Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia's oil and gas facilities, arguing the energy sector is fuelling Moscow's invasion.