That will take some doing. Putin remains uninterested in peace talks as long as Russian troops continue to gain ground in Ukraine’s east, albeit at a slow pace, and while Ukrainian forces hold seized territory in the Kursk region inside Russia, according to John Herbst, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, and other former officials.

President Donald Trump says his administration has already had “very serious” discussions with Russia about its war in Ukraine and that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon take “significant” action toward ending the grinding conflict.

P resident Donald Trump’s new post on Truth Social threatening new economic sanctions on Russia shows that Putin has finally met his match. It now looks as if Donald Trump may not be bullied by Putin’s empty holster of threats, bluster, and bluffs.

One of the problems with Donald Trump is that he doesn’t … know stuff. Putin seemed nonplussed. So did a lot of other people. Inconveniently for the tariff-loving Trump, Russia exports almost nothing to the United States,

A Kremlin propagandist has said that Russia should try to force Donald Trump into making decisions that benefit Moscow because the U.S. is an adversary. Igor Korotchenko told the program 60 Minutes that any move by Moscow to build a relationship with the new U.S. administration should keep in mind that Washington's goal is Russia's destruction.