Sources: Reuters
The United States says that Russia and Ukraine agree to cease all military attacks in the Black Sea to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping, while Russia says that it needs guarantees and an order from the U.S. to Ukraine to respect such a deal. 2025-03-25
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy strongly condemns the United States and European nations for making "zero response" to the Russian deployment of North Korean soldiers against Ukraine. 2024-10-31
The United States says that North Korea is "secretly supplying" artillery shells to Russia for use in Russia's war in Ukraine. 2022-11-2
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris warns that the United States will impose sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine. 2022-02-19
Russia and Belarus begin a 10-day military exercise known as "Allied Resolve-2022" amid ongoing tensions with Ukraine. The United States and NATO denounce the exercise, with NATO calling it the biggest deployment of Russian troops since the Cold War. 2022-02-10
The United States rejects Russia's demand that Ukraine be barred from joining NATO. 2022-01-27
Russia and the U.S. begin a series of talks in Geneva in an effort to defuse tensions between both countries as well as tensions with Ukraine. 2022-01-10
Russia and Ukraine together with the United States and the European Union sit down for emergency talks in Geneva. All four agree that "illegal military formations in Ukraine" must be dissolved, and that everyone occupying buildings must be disarmed and leave them. There would be an amnesty for all anti-government protesters under the agreement. 2014-04-17
Japan announces it will fall in line with American sanctions against Russia for its role in promoting the secession of Crimea from Ukraine. 2014-03-18
Armed men – thought to be Russian – attempt to seize a Ukrainian military base in Sevastopol, withdrawing soon afterwards. 2014-03-7