Putin visits battle-scarred Kursk and Ukrainian ex-MP shot dead on school run - UK and EU announce new wave of sanctions, with British measures alone affecting 100 entities and individuals

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for two hours in a call both called “useful," but offered no breakthrough in Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations.

President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire negotiations. Trump spoke Monday after separate calls with the leaders of both countries meant to spur progress toward ending the three-year war.

Russia launched more than 100 drones into Ukraine following the conclusion of a phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

The European Union and Britain on Tuesday rolled out a sweeping set of sanctions targeting what they call Russia's "shadow fleet", a covert network of tankers used to secretly move Russian oil across the globe.

The US President and his Russian counterpart spoke for 40 minutes on Thursday as they discussed peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, with Donald Trump reportedly making a pledge to Putin that he wou

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said after a two-hour call with Vladimir Putin that peace talks would begin “immediately” after his Russian counterpart refused to attend negotiations May 15 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

US president says two sides will ‘immediately’ start talks to reach a truce, as Putin says efforts on ‘right track’.

The president announced that “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.”

Trump described his two-hour call with Putin as "excellent," saying Russia and Ukraine will begin ceasefire negotiations immediately.

The UK urged its Group of Seven allies to agree a cut to the price cap on Russian oil, saying the move is necessary to put further pressure on President Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.