"President Putin wants to meet. He's said that even publicly. And we have to get that war over with, that's a bloody mess," Donald Trump said.

A senior Moscow official says the Kremlin welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Former Russian political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza is now lobbying the West for stronger action against Russian President Vladimir Putin. How Donald Trump's win will change foreign policy towards Russia is discussed by Vladimir and Evgenia Kara-Murza who join Joy Reid on The ReidOut on MSNBC.

Donald Trump has said that a meeting is being set up between him and Vladimir Putin to end the “bloody mess” of the war in Ukraine.

Keith Kellogg, Trump's envoy to Ukraine and Russia, told Fox News about the president-elect's plans to "save Ukraine."

Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort, the incoming US president claimed talks with Russia over the Ukraine war were in the works - and shared his thoughts on a friendly exchange with political rival Barack Obama on Thursday.

Trump said a meeting between himself and Putin was being set up, however, Putin's spokesman said Moscow had received no requests to set up a meeting.

A state of emergency has been declared in Russia's western city of Engels, according to the region's governor. It comes after Ukraine said it was behind a drone strike on a Russian oil base in the region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, a former intelligence officer, has laid a "trap" for President-elect Donald Trump, a Washington Post columnist warned Friday — and Trump must do all he can to "avoid being outplayed.

US President Joe Biden said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in "tough shape," after Washington and London imposed sweeping sanctions against Moscow's energy sector over its invasion of Ukraine.

In an exit interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.