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 ...

Vladimir Putin has declined to meet Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. The Russian President is instead sending a low-level delegation headed by Vladimir Medinsky,

Russia's 'head of war' Valery Gerasimov and the Russian military's traditional principles are still in place - but on a local level, front line troops are thinking outside the box

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