Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentIndependentSwipe for next articleIndependent Bulletin homepageDownload our appAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleArpan Rai & Dan HaygarthTuesday 21 April 2026 07:30 BSTThree injured as Russian night strike hits Ukraine’s Velykyi Burluk, rescuers battle blazeUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticised the repeated visits made by Donald Trump’s envoys to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin without once travelling to Kyiv, calling it ”disrespectful”.Former real estate magnate turned diplomat Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have flown to Moscow several times and met Putin as recently in January.The EU is close to unlocking a €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary's outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban agreed to lift his veto, conditional on the restoration of the Druzhba oil pipeline.Russia's top general claimed 1,700 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory have been taken this year, while Ukraine's commander-in-chief said forces are prioritising counterattacks in weaker Russian areas.Germany and France have proposed limited ”symbolic” or ”associate” EU membership for Ukraine as part of a peace deal, which would grant some benefits but exclude voting rights or full access to shared budgets.In fullUkraine-Russia war latest: Trump envoys ‘disrespectful’ for visiting Moscow not Kyiv, Zelensky saysThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in