President Donald Trump has called on Russian president Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the nearly three-year-old war Russia launched against Ukraine, and is threatening to impose further sanctions on Moscow if the Russian leader does not acquiesce.

The Kremlin said that in Tuesday’s video call with Xi, Putin emphasized that their relations are based on shared interests, equality and mutual benefits.

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever.

Russia will return to Europe with an army 10 times the size of that which invaded Ukraine in 2022, Zelensky warns

The head of Russia's $23 billion sovereign wealth fund praised U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying his raft of orders showed that decisive leadership could change the course of history, boost growth and open opportunities for dialogue.

According to Ushakov, Moscow will not have a presence at the inauguration because Russia's possible candidate for Russian ambassador to the U.S.—Alexander Darchiev, the head of the North American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry—has still not received an agrément from Washington.

In a video from a Russian Security Council meeting published by the Kremlin on Monday, Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as U.S. president and said that Moscow is ready to engage in dialogue with Washington regarding the war in Ukraine.

BRUSSELS: The EU's top diplomat and Poland's prime minister said on Wednesday (Jan 22) that the bloc must heed US President Donald Trump's demand to spend much more on defence - faced with the

Donald Trump has claimed that Vladimir Putin is "destroying Russia" by refusing to reach an agreement with Ukraine to end the conflict, which is set to enter its third year in February. Speaking after signing several executive orders on his first day in the White House,

Trump is threatening unspecified sanctions on Moscow if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t come to the negotiating table ‘soon’

US President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure on Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to make a peace deal with Ukraine Wednesday, threatening tougher economic measures if Moscow does not agree to end the war.