By making harsh, uncompromising demands in peace talks with Ukraine while continuing to pummel it with waves of missiles and drones, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending a clear message: He will only accept a settlement on his terms and will keep fighting until they’re met.

Ukraine says Russia launched its biggest drone strike to date after Trump called Putin crazy for stepping up his offensive and "needlessly killing a lot of people."

At least seven people have been killed and dozens more injured after bridges collapsed in separate incidents across Russia, causing trains to derail.The seven people died and a further 69 were wounded when a highway bridge collapsed onto railway tracks,

At least seven people were killed after Russian officials said “illegal interference” caused a bridge to collapse and a train to derail in Russia.

World leaders are pursuing their own versions of national interest on different historical and actual timelines than the transactional aspirations of American presidents.

Towns evacuated after Moscow seizes territory ahead of possible new offensive - Vladimir Putin’s forces have pushed forward in Ukraine’s Sumy region as Kyiv warns of possible significant offensive

In a meeting at the Kremlin on May 26 to mark Russian Entrepreneurs Day, Putin said that Russia needed to throttle large tech firms such as Zoom and Microsoft, which had restricted their services in Russia after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, so that domestic tech companies could thrive instead.

U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said Russia's concern over the eastward enlargement of NATO was fair and the United States did not want to see Ukraine in the U.S.-led military alliance.