Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Trump threatens 'severe consequences' if Putin blocks Ukraine peace

Trump did not specify what the consequences could be, but he has warned of economic sanctions if a meeting between himself and President Putin in Alaska on Friday proved fruitless.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a family photo ceremony prior to the BRICS Summit plenary session in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Putin calls Xi, Modi and other foreign leaders ahead of planned meeting with Trump

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Russia and Ukraine to hold first peace talks in seven weeks

US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a meeting at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Trump asked Zelenskiy if Ukraine could hit Moscow, FT reports

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the supervisory board of the Russia - Land of Opportunity organisation in Moscow, Russia, May 27, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS

Kremlin says Trump statements on Russia and Putin are serious, require analysis

US President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Trump, Putin reiterate positions on Ukraine war in phone call, Kremlin aide says

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting via video conference with people from East Azarbaijan in Tehran, Iran. File Photo/Reuters

Iran's supreme leader asks Putin to do more after US strikes

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

Putin says 'the whole of Ukraine is ours' - in theory

US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are seen during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. File Photo: REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci/File Photo

Trump speaks to Putin amid 'impasse' on ending war in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition at the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Gora ahead of the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia, April 30, 2025. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Kremlin says Putin could meet Zelenskiy if certain agreements are reached

Russia's presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky attends the exhibition of Orthodox icons by Hiroko Kozuki, painter and wife of Former Japanese Ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki, in Moscow, Russia April 23, 2025. Photo: Reuters

An aide, a diplomat and a spy: Who is Putin sending to Turkey?

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump talk during a bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Putin and Trump still 'maybes' for Ukraine peace talks that Russian leader proposed

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea in this picture released on February 9, 2024 by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

North Korea's Kim visits Russian embassy as his generals meet Putin