Russian President Putin is calling the sanctions the Trump administration has imposed on Russian oil an "unfriendly act." Putin also said the U.S. sending new weapons to Ukraine would have a "serious response.

This includes Rustem Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, and Col Pavlo Palisa, deputy head of the presidential office in Kyiv. Today, with the Ukrainian flag flying above Downing Street, he's meeting Keir Starmer.

Trump said last week he would meet Putin in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, following a phone conversation between the two leaders and a White House meeting with Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, that yielded few positive results for Kyiv.

President Donald Trump’s sanctions crackdown on Russia risks undermining one of the bright spots in the Trump economy: tame gas prices.

Defence Secretary John Healey has a message for Russian President Vladimir Putin: "We're hunting your submarines." There has been a "30% rise in Russian vessels threatening UK waters", he says. This, according to Healey, is evidence of increased "Russian aggression right across the board" which he says is impacting Europe, not just Ukraine.

President Donald Trump will not meet Vladimir Putin again unless it was clear that the Russian leader was serious about making a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

Russia has grappled with a shrinking and aging population for decades, with President Vladimir Putin viewing it as a threat to national security.