Russian President Vladimir Putin remains the most elusive leader in the world — and it's frustrating other parties involved ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for Washington to ease defense sanctions on his country as ties warm up between the NATO allies under the new US administration.

On top of all that, Trump says Putin would have attended the peace summit in Turkey if Trump had attended. If we take the president’s comments at face value, he claims he could have ended the 21st ...

Russian and Ukrainian delegations attend talks at the Dolmabache palace, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 16, 2025.

Ukraine rallied support from its Western allies on Friday after Kyiv and Moscow failed to agree to a ceasefire at their first ...

Ukrainian officials and analysts say that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has few options but to draw U.S. President ...

As of May 13, 2025, Russian forces occupied 112,757 square kilometers (43,536 square miles), which constituted 18.7% of the Ukrainian territory and which is roughly equivalent to the state of Virginia ...

The two-hour meeting was not promising, with the delegations refusing to shake hands. Much of the Ukrainian delegation wore green camouflage fatigues, while Russian officials dressed in suits.

Ukrainian and Russian delegations concluded their talks in Istanbul on May 16 after speaking for less than two hours, with no agreement reached on a full, 30-day ceasefire, and Moscow demanding Kyiv ...

In a significant development marking the first direct peace talks since the onset of the war in 2022, Russia and Ukraine have ...