Russian President Vladimir Putin’s strategy is to “wear Trump down” and win the war in Ukraine by exploiting President Donald Trump’s impatience with both peace talks and military aid, argues Leon Aron of the American Enterprise Institute in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with US President Donald Trump, the Russian state news agency TASS informs. Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov said the conversation lasted 50 minutes and was "useful.

Ahead of a meeting of the Group of Seven, Trump told reporters that ousting Russia from the talks in 2014 was a "very big mistake," adding that there would not be a conflict betwe

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday that a second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine was useful despite Kyiv's attempt to disrupt them by staging attacks Putin considered terrorism,

So, Russia and Ukraine are still as far apart as ever, with the two warring countries unable to make a significant breakthrough in direct talks in Istanbul.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that negotiations between the United States and Russia should not address Ukraine without its involvement. Source: Zelenskyy’s interview with US television channel Newsmax,

The Russian leader briefed Trump on his recent talks with officials in Iran and Israel, and reiterated Moscow's proposal to seek mutual solutions on the Iranian nuclear issue.