Vladimir Putin

Russia will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if peace talks fail, Putin warns

By Associated Press

Speaking at an annual meeting with top military officers, Putin said Moscow would prefer to achieve its goals and “eliminate the root causes of the conflict” by diplomatic means, but he added that “if the opposing side and its foreign…

Zelenskyy says U.S.-negotiated proposals to end the war in Ukraine could be presented to Russia within days

By Illia Novikov, Associated Press

Zelenskyy reiterated that Kyiv won't recognize Moscow's control over any part of the Donbas.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.