US and Russian diplomats held talks in Istanbul on Thursday about the issues impacting the work of their respective embassies as Washington and Moscow are looking to get diplomatic relations back on track. According to the Russian news agency TASS, the talks ended...
President Trump on Wednesday confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be visiting the US on Friday to sign a deal on Ukraine's rare earth minerals and other natural resources. The deal will establish a fund where Ukraine will put 50% of its proceeds...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed a proposal from President Trump to cut military spending in half as part of a potential three-way arrangement between the US, Russia, and China. "I think it's a good idea. The US would cut by 50%, and we would cut by 50%,...
The Kremlin on Tuesday denied a claim from President Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "no problem" with the idea of the deployment of European troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force under a future peace deal. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
On Monday, US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz ruled out the idea of Ukraine joining NATO after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered to step down for Ukrainian entry into the military alliance. "I do not see the United States having Ukraine enter into...
President Trump said on Monday that he was in "serious discussions" with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine and the possibility of economic deals between the US and Russia. "I am in serious discussions with President Vladimir Putin of...
The US and Russia were among 18 nations that voted against a Ukrainian-drafted resolution at the UN General Assembly that condemned Moscow and called for a Russian withdrawal from Ukraine on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion. The resolution passed in a...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Sunday that US and Russian officials will hold another round of talks on improving relations sometime over the next week. "We are open to contacts with the American side, in particular, to address the irritants in...
On Wednesday, President Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" who has done a "terrible job" as the two leaders are trading barbs amid renewed US diplomacy with Russia. "Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked...
On Tuesday, President Trump called for elections to be held in Ukraine and said it was an idea coming from him, not the Russians. "We have a situation where we haven't had elections in Ukraine, where we have martial law, essentially martial law in Ukraine, where the...
