Sen. Mitch McConnell, a staunch supporter of Ukraine, has warned the proposal to end the war with Russia could come with consequences.

Ukraine and its European allies signaled that key sticking points remained in U.S.-brokered peace talks even as senior officials hailed progress in winning more favorable terms for Kyiv from a proposal backed by President Donald Trump.

Mass graves and bullet-scarred churches mark the torment of the Kyiv suburb of Bucha under Russian occupation, where traumatised residents now face a new anguish: a U.S.-led peace proposal that would offer a blanket post-war amnesty for the perpetrators of atrocities. (AP video shot by Oleksii Yeroshenko)

One attack this past spring illustrates what investigators describe as Russia's strategy: On Palm Sunday, Russian missile strikes killed 35 civilians.

The president also took aim at former President Joe Biden, arguing that Putin only attacked Ukraine because Biden was president at the time.

Ukraine did not react positively to the peace deal brokered through the U.S., prompting European leaders to craft a counter-offer.

A senior Ukrainian defense official told Business Insider that the Delta system has increased combat efficiency and decision-making speed.

According to police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, an affidavit filed by Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla's sister Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube alleges that Zuma-Sambudla and two others lured the men by claiming they would receive security training in Russia.