Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a stark ultimatum demanding Ukraine withdraw its troops from the Donbas region, threatening military force

Special envoy Steve Witkoff is preparing to meet with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin as Volodymyr Zelensky scrambles to consolidate European support.

MOSCOW — Russian leader Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he is ready to document in writing the renunciation of a Russian attack on Europe as part of diplomatic negotiations. He dismissed claims that Russia intends to invade Europe as a “lie” and “complete nonsense.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine as a starting point for talks.

Russia claims battlefield advances in Ukraine as the leader discusses U.S. peace proposals and criticizes Kyiv's leadership after the CSTO summit in Bishkek.

"Ukrainian troops must withdraw from the territories they hold" for fighting to cease, Putin said, or “Russia will achieve its goals by armed means”

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that a U.S. delegation is expected to arrive in Moscow in the first half of next week.

A Putin ally has called for more detail in Trump's peace plan for Ukraine. Follow Newsweek's live coverage of the war.

Speaking during a visit to Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, the Russian president threatened that if Kyiv does not withdraw from territory Moscow has claimed, 'then we will achieve it by military means.'

As Donald Trump hosted Vladimir Putin for a historic summit in Alaska, Ukraine and Europe held their breath for what the meeting could bring. For the US president, the summit represented an unprecedented opportunity to establish himself as a peacemaker and ...