In what is now a semi-regular occurrence, the workings of U.S.-led global diplomacy has cast a dark shadow over Ukraine. U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin,

The U.S. president says the onus is on Russia and Ukraine, not Washington, to end the war, according to a report.

A prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia is currently underway but hasn't been finalized, according to a Ukrainian military source. U.S. President Donald Trump previously mentioned on social media that the swap was already completed and would soon take full effect.

A flurry of diplomacy over Russia’s war against Ukraine, centered around the first direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in three years and a long phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin,

“Vladimir, I told you in January that if you didn’t stop the war in Ukraine, I would impose sanctions. You ignored me. You are disrespecting me and my presidency. BIG MISTAKE!!!”

Trump’s critics blame him for Ukraine’s war, but it’s Biden’s blunders—NATO talk, weak deterrence, and failed diplomacy—that made peace nearly impossible.

These are the most prominent Oval Office showdowns of Trump's second stint in the White House so far: The Zelensky meetingSome observers believed the wartime leader had walked into a trap. Zelensky had arrived at the White House at a perilous moment.

Policy analyst Tanvi Ratna sees the smooth hand of President Trump behind recent machinations involving India and Pakistan.

Trump’s improvisational style of dealmaking forges personal ties and scores quick wins.

By Anton Kolodyazhnyy, Steve Holland and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's offer to join proposed Ukraine-Russia peace talks triggered a flurry of diplomacy as powers from Europe to the Middle East sought a possible path out of the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two.

The first direct talks between Ukraine and Russia should have heralded a new era of diplomacy towards solving Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Instead, their context, brevity and limited outcomeprovided skeptics with more reasons to doubt Moscow wants peace.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS BEEN USED TO TRANSLATE THIS ARTICLE ***HELSINKI. Alexander Stubb, Finland’s president for just over a year, has expressed the country’s support for Ukraine. At the same time,