The White House disputes the officials’ account, saying Trump believes Russia is winning in Ukraine but still wants peace.

War experts believe Moscow is planning a summer offensive in Ukraine. Economic and military pressures closer to home could end up pushing Moscow into peace talks. A slowdown in inflation, declining industrial output and consumer spending all point to a slowdown in the Russian economy.

A new report has found that Russia's relentless campaign to attack Ukraine has now targeted the country's grain supplies

US President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over a phone call on Monday to discuss an agreeable solution to the war in Ukraine.

The US and European leaders are placing their hopes in the Vatican to engage Russia and Ukraine in peace talks, after President Donald Trump said Pope Leo XIV had expressed interest in the idea. The Kremlin isn’t so keen.

A large-scale prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia in the 1,000 for 1,000 format likely cannot be completed in a single day and may need to be carried out in several stages, according to Russian State Duma deputy Shamsail Saraliyev.

Ukraine's military launched what has been described as the largest drone assault on Russian territory since March.

Moscow’s famed metro system has unveiled a Soviet-era monument to Josef Stalin in one of its central stations, as part of a gradual reappraisal of the dictator’s legacy in Russia.