Dec 15 UK spy chief says Putin is dragging out peace talks and wants to subjugate Ukraine By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, and is testing the West with tactics that fall “just below the threshold of war,” the head of Britain’s MI6 spy agency said Monday. Continue reading
Dec 05 Putin and Modi announce expansion of Russia-India trade ties By Rajesh Roy, Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at an annual summit and agreed to diversify mutual economic ties, as the United States presses India to revise its decadesold partnership with Russia. Continue reading
Dec 04 Putin says there are points in the U.S. proposal on Ukraine war that he can't agree with By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off. Continue reading
Dec 03 Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace after talks with U.S. envoys stall By Lorne Cook, Illia Novikov, Associated Press The Russian leader “should end the bluster and the bloodshed and be ready to come to the table and to support a just and lasting peace,” said U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 2:34 Witkoff and Kushner meet with Putin for latest talks to end Russia's war with Ukraine By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday. They were there for the latest round of negotiations on a plan to end Russia's war with Ukraine. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Dec 02 Putin accuses Europeans of sabotaging U.S.-led peace efforts in Ukraine By Associated Press Putin said the Europeans "don't have a peace agenda" and are on the side of war. Continue reading
Nov 28 Hungary's Orbán seeks more Russian oil and gas at talks with Putin in Moscow By Justin Spike, Associated Press Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday, once again shunning efforts by his European Union partners to isolate Moscow over its invasion of neighboring Ukraine nearly four years ago. Continue reading
Nov 27 Putin sees U.S. peace plan as a starting point as he warns Ukraine's army to withdraw By Katie Marie Davies, Associated Press The Kremlin has been mostly silent on the peace plan. Analysts believe Putin is trying to outlast Western support for Ukraine. Continue reading
Nov 26 Steve Witkoff coached a Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan, report reveals By Associated Press Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia… Continue reading
Nov 20 U.S. and Russia have reportedly drawn up a plan for Ukraine. EU leaders say they and Kyiv must be involved By Illia Novikov, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff has been quietly working on the plan for a month, receiving input from both the Ukrainians and the Russians on terms that are acceptable to each side to end the war, according to a senior… Continue reading