Never in U.S. history has an American president been so out of step with the American people for so long on an important foreign policy issue.

Putin has long argued that this has posed a threat to Russia. And it was talk of Ukraine joining NATO that was at least partly used as his rationale for invasion. On the equal and opposite side, both NATO and Europe more broadly, now see Ukraine as its frontline against Russian aggression.

Ukrainian leader Zelensky 'ready to move forward' with personal involvement of US president who instructs envoy Witkoff to meet Putin in Moscow as Russia bombards Kyiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest European conflict since World War Two.

Now almost four years into a war Russia started and with little to show for President Trump's peace efforts, Oklahoma's senior U.S. senator says, "Putin doesn’t really want peace, he wants to dominate his neighbors.

With Washington’s diplomatic channels stalled and Ukraine under growing pressure, the idea of a breakthrough now depends on whether the White House chooses to use that leverage. A leading American researcher argues that Donald Trump could offer Vladimir ...

In a stark escalation of rhetoric, Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a blunt warning to European governments: if Europe launches a war against Russia, Moscow stands ready — and the consequences will be catastrophic.