Ukraine's borders cannot be changed by force, its army cannot be reduced leaving it vulnerable to an attack and the European Union must have a central role in a peace deal for Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

Ukraine's allies have rallied around Kyiv in a push to revise the draft proposal, which is seen as favoring Moscow. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected to join the talks together with Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff.

French and European Union foreign ministers are pushing back on a reported U.S. plan to force concessions from Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

Driscoll's team is the most senior military group to travel to Kyiv since Trump took office in January. He is joined by army chief of staff Gen Randy George, top US army commander in Europe Gen Chris Donahue, and Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Weimer.

The EU will impose a visa ban and asset freeze on RSF second-in-command Abdelrahim Hamdan Daglo, the brother of the paramilitary group’s leader.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on a top leader of Sudan’s paramilitary group over “grave and ongoing atrocities” committed by his forces in the more than two-year war with the Sudanese army,

THE European Union has imposed sanctions on a senior Sudanese paramilitary leader over “grave and ongoing atrocities” by his forces in the more than two-year war with the Sudanese army.The measures announced on Thursday against Abdel-Rahim Hamdan Dagalo,