It’s a proposal that the Kremlin can neither reject nor accept, but one that may force it into an awkward choice, revealing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s true appetite for his brutal war of choice.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations in the coming days to end the conflict in Ukraine but did not address a 30-day ceasefire proposal drawn up hours earlier by European allies of Kyiv, reportedly with US backing.

Top European diplomats accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of undermining talks with Ukraine aimed at securing a halt to his war, though the US struck a more cautious tone ahead of a potential meeting in Turkey.

Vladimir Putin will “think through” a Western proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, after Britain, the US and European allies threatened to send more weapons to Kyiv if Russia did not ...

I'm starting to doubt that Ukraine will make a deal with Putin, who's too busy celebrating the Victory of World War ll..." Zelensky said his country is "ready to meet" Moscow but repeated his own ceasefire proposal. "It is a positive sign that the Russians ...

With only a few hours to go until the start of what was slated as the first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in years – talks that Vladimir Putin himself called – it still wasn’t clear if the Russian president would actually show up.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin for sending a low-level delegation to Turkey for talks on ending the war in Ukraine. He called it "a slap in the face.