Ukraine’s presence in Russia’s Kursk region has deteriorated sharply, with the advance threatening Kyiv’s sole territorial bargaining counter at a crucial time in the war.

Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers say Russian special forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region

The U.S. will use a high stakes meeting in Saudi Arabia to understand how much Ukraine is willing to give up, the secretary said.

CNN contributor and former Moscow bureau chief Jill Dougherty joins CNN Newsroom to discuss what she thinks President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky want ahead of the “crucial meeting” in Saudi Arabia between American and Ukrainian officials.