Two days of peace talks between the U.S., Ukraine and Russia began on Tuesday in Switzerland.

The US special envoy struck an optimistic note after the first day of talks in Geneva, but hopes for a breakthrough remain low.

Vladyslav Heraskevych's "helmet of remembrance" was banned by the IOC, with the Ukrainian losing a subsequent appeal to CAS.

A Russian woman in Milan made a quiet protest against the war by leading Ukraine’s Olympic team into the stadium.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (Nabu) said in a statement on Sunday that its detectives had detained the former energy minister "while crossing the state border", as part of the Midas case. It did not name Galushchenko explicitly, but he has been named by several prominent Ukrainian media organisations.

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said U.S. President Donald Trump was exerting undue pressure on him in trying to secure a resolution to the nearly four-year-old war pitting Kyiv against Moscow.

Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, voiced her opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine with a highly symbolic, if anonymous, act: Carrying the Ukraine team placard during the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

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