President Trump is right to push for peace. But his administration are bad at negotiating with Vladimir Putin, writes Daniel Fried.

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.

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.

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.

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."

Vladimir Putin said Russia was “ready right now” for war with Europe if the continent’s leaders sought one, while accusing them of trying to sabotage a deal on the Ukraine conflict before he met with US envoys.

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they’ll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine.

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.