Analyst and ex-intelligence officer from the United States Scott Ritter, known for his comments on international politics, commented on Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal to hold direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15.

Vladimir Putin has until midnight to agree to a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine or leading European states, including the UK, will impose new sanctions against Russia, the German government's spokesman has said.

President Donald Trump accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being too busy celebrating VE Day to deal with the “bloodbath” in Ukraine. “I’m starting to doubt that Ukraine will make a deal with [Vladimir] Putin,

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday their two countries should be "friends of steel," as they pledged to raise cooperation to a new level and "decisively" counter the influence of the United States.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia had sufficient strength and ... wants to end the "bloodbath" that his administration casts as a proxy war between the United States and Russia. In a film by state television about Putin's quarter of a century as ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping attend ... representative from the Trump administration would attend the celebrations, the United States was not represented. However, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations to end ... threatening Moscow with new sanctions if it did not comply. The United States and other countries back the proposal, they said. "We have just now... decided to support ...

Russia did not support the idea of a ceasefire today, May 12, but Russian dictator Vladimir Putin proposed negotiations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed. Read more about what happened over the weekend.

The country's leader takes a leading role in spreading propaganda in the Ukraine conflict, a new reports says.