Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Turkmenistan that, in the context of the war against Ukraine, at least a partial ceasefire is needed, along with a halt to strikes on energy infrastructure and ports.

President Vladimir Putin has warned again that Ukrainian troops must withdraw from Ukraine's eastern Donbas region or Russia will seize it, rejecting any compromise over how to end the war in Ukraine.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Thursday repeated his demands that Ukraine pull out of the Donbas region in the east of the country, days ahead of a scheduled visit by a US delegation for peace talks to end the ruthless war. “Ukrainian troops will ...

Putin’s aide calls meeting with Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner 'productive' - Anadolu Ajansı

Putin also claimed that Zelensky’s European allies have pushed for demands that are “absolutely unacceptable."

Putin said his five-hour talks with Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner were “useful,” but also “difficult work.”

Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the status of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks and new data on the extent of casualties from the now nearly four-year Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed.

Germany will host U.S. and Ukrainian delegations over the weekend for talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine, before a summit with European leaders and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Berlin on Monday, a German official said.

Ahead of the key meeting, Russia professed fresh military victories, hammering home its claim that it can succeed in the war without negotiations if it wants.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has urged Donald Trump not to pursue a Ukraine peace deal “above Europe’s head”, as he offered to host talks with Washington on potential territorial concessions to Russia to secure a ceasefire.