Trump proposed in a statement on social media that Pope Leo XIV host delegations in Vatican City and play a mediating role in establishing a ceasefire.

Russia and Ukraine have no direct peace talks scheduled, the Kremlin said Thursday, nearly a week after their first face-to-face session since shortly after Moscow’s invasion in 2022 and days after U.S. President Donald Trump said they would start ceasefire negotiations “immediately.”

The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile shield plans could force the resumption in the foreseeable future of contacts between Moscow and Washington about nuclear arms control.

Russia and Ukraine have no direct peace talks scheduled, the Kremlin said Thursday, nearly a week after their first face-to-face session since shortly after Moscow's invasion in 2022 and days after U.

The burgeoning relationship between Qatar and Russia signals that the Kremlin is not as globally isolated as the West desires it to be — and Doha is

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia would defend its ships using the Baltic Sea with all means available and that a failed Estonian attempt to seize a tanker there recently showed that Moscow could respond with tough action if it had to.

The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin would speak to U.S. President Donald Trump by phone at 5 p.m. Moscow time (10 a.m. ET) on Monday. Trump has said he wants to meet with Putin as soon as possible, and that such a meeting was the key to unlocking progress on peace between Russia and Ukraine.

During the visit, Putin met with Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein, heads of local municipalities, and members of volunteer organizations, the Kremlin's press service said.

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia’s Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the area last month, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

A Kremlin spokesman says Russia and Ukraine have scheduled no further direct talks on ending their more than three-year war

Russian Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said that Russia is expected to present its proposals for resolving the war in Ukraine within the next few days. The so-called memorandum,