The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Exclusive: In extended interview with the Guardian, Ukraine’s president says he will offer US firms lucrative reconstruction contracts to try to get Trump onside

The vessel was hit below the water line

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US Vice President JD Vance on Friday at the Munich Security Conference, where they are set to discuss Washington's push for an end to the three-year war with Russia.

Donald Trump claimed during campaign that he would be able to end war in 24 hours but has yet to reveal detailed peace plan

Russia stated its relationship with the US is "balancing on the brink of a breakup," during a press conference Monday morning.

In an unprecedented decision on December 6 2024, the Romanian constitutional court annulled the November 25 presidential elections after it received credible intelligence of large-scale external interference rigging the results of the first round in favour of a hardly-known far-right candidate, Calin Georgescu.

The Russian president is also trying to drag the UK into nuclear arms control talks

The president has made big statements. But securing real peace will involve a mix of global diplomacy, threats and sweeteners, says Christopher S Chivvis of the Carnegie Endowment’s American statecraft programme

Russia President Vladimir Putin sent a guarded message of congratulations to Donald Trump on inauguration day, but then held a long direct call with his “dear friend,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping.