Vladimir Putin has welcomed Donald Trump’s proposal for a Russia-US summit and suggested a new location in the Middle East for the much-awaited talks to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war.

Trump and Putin Are Flexing Their Way Toward a Nuclear Stand-Off Published Aug 06, 2025 at 11:32 AM EDT Updated Aug 07, 2025 at 3:29 AM EDT 00:54 ...

Though Russia holds most of its desired territory in Ukraine, prolonging the war weakens its global position. Strategically, declaring victory now could preserve Russian power in an emerging ...

The Kremlin ruled out a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before achieving major progress on a peace deal, raising doubt on ending the war … ...

Vladimir Putin doesn't simply want Ukraine. He wants to assert dominance in the international system and undermine America's power.

And in 2022, Putin launched a full-scale war on Ukraine, with the intent of redrawing the map of Europe and asserting Russia’s global heft. Yet overreach abroad has landed Putin in a dilemma. Russia’s ...

President Vladimir Putin believes Russia's economy and its military are strong enough to weather any additional Western measures, sources said.

Mr Putin’s war against Ukraine inadvertently led to an end to the hitherto intractable conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which is now struggling to break free of Russia’s grip and make ...

US President Donald Trump has expressed growing frustration with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as the war in Ukraine drags on, saying he is considering imposing new sanctions on Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump during a phone call that Moscow will not give up its goals in Ukraine as any remaining hope for a cease-fire in the more than 40 ...

Why Putin Still Fights The Kremlin Will End Its War in Ukraine Only When It Knows That Victory Is Impossible Lawrence D. Freedman June 18, 2025 ...

Vladimir Putin is under pressure to formally declare war on Ukraine by Russian hardliners who argue his “special military operation” has not gone far enough.