Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that any talks about security guarantees for Ukraine must involve Russia, calling the discussions about guarantees without Moscow's participation "utopian thinking that leads nowhere." Lavrov's comments come as...
Trump Says He’s Working To Arrange a Meeting Between Putin and Zelensky
President Trump said on Monday that he was working on arranging a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, comments that came after a day of hosting the Ukrainian leader and several European officials at the White...
Trump To Meet With Zelensky and European Leaders After Putin Summit
Multiple European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when he meets with President Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss the Alaska summit between the US leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to a report from Axios, Trump and...
Ahead of Alaska Summit, Putin Says Trump Making ‘Sincere’ Effort Toward Ending Ukraine War
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Trump administration was making "sincere" efforts toward ending the war in Ukraine, comments that came a day before the two leaders hold a highly anticipated summit in the US state of Alaska. "The current...
Trump Says ‘Land Swapping’ Required for Peace in Ukraine
President Trump said on Monday that there will be "land swapping" between Russia and Ukraine as part of a potential peace deal and pushed back on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's public rejection of ceding any territory to Moscow. "I was a little bothered by...
Russia Says Putin-Trump Meeting Will Happen in the ‘Coming Days’
Russia confirmed on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon hold a face-to-face meeting with President Trump, and an aide to the Russian leader said that it will happen in the "coming days." Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov said that Russia was "beginning...
Trump-Putin Meeting Could Happen Next Week
A White House official has told ABC News that President Trump is open to holding a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that it could happen as soon as next week. The news came after US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow. The White...
Russia Says It’s No Longer Bound by Moratorium on Deployment of INF Missiles
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Moscow was no longer bound by a self-imposed moratorium on the deployment of missiles that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which the US withdrew from in 2019. The INF...
Russia Downplays Trump’s Comments on Nuclear Submarines, Cautions Against ‘Nuclear Rhetoric’
The Kremlin on Monday downplayed President Trump's recent announcement that two US nuclear submarines were being deployed to "appropriate regions" in response to comments from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. According to Russia's TASS news agency, Kremlin...
Trump Says Russia Now Has ’10 or 12 Day’ Deadline To End Ukraine War
President Trump said on Monday that he was giving Russia a new deadline of "10 or 12 days" to end the war in Ukraine and said he was no longer interested in speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I’m going to make a new deadline of about 10 — 10 or 12 days...