Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have called for direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul this Thursday. Behind these calls for talks, though, is a ...

By sending a low-level delegation, identical to the one he sent to Turkey in 2022, Putin has flagged that he intends to stake out a position that Ukraine will likely find unacceptable, said Thomas ...

President Trump said that he plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on May 19 about a cease-fire. His move comes after Ukraine had its first peace talks with Russia in three ...