U.S. President Donald Trump says he has called Russian President Vladimir Putin and begun to arrange a meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a critical step toward bringing a possible end to Russia's war on Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Russia's Vladimir Putin would move forward on ending the war in Ukraine but conceded that the Kremlin leader may not want to make a deal at all, adding this would create a "rough situation" for Putin.

President Trump is pushing for direct talks between Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. However, there has been no word directly from Russia that Putin has said yes. Foreign Policy Editor-in-chief Ravi Agrawal and former U.

Built in tsarist times to show off the glory of the Russian empire, the hall was the setting for Mr Putin’s account of his achievements during the visit to Alaska, a former imperial possession. He praised Mr Trump’s “sincerity” and efforts to end the war.

Bianna Golodryga speaks to Former Russian foreign minister, Andrei Kozyrev about whether Putin is genuine about pursuing any form of peace in Ukraine.

President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy met at the White House Monday alongside European leaders to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine. Joe Scarborough called the meeting “historic,” noting Western leaders’ repeated references to Article 5: “That’s them poking at

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered this line in response to criticism of President Trump inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to U.S. territory: "He displayed a huge amount of military hardware and then did a flyover.