The Axios portal, citing its sources, reports on a conversation between Donald Trump and European leaders during which he informed them about his discussions with Vladimir Putin. The European leaders were reportedly surprised by the U.

The European Union and Britain on Tuesday rolled out a sweeping set of sanctions targeting what they call Russia's "shadow fleet", a covert network of tankers used to secretly move Russian oil across the globe.

A bipartisan group of senators introduced a resolution this week calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children from Russia before any peace agreement is finalized over ending the war

Moscow’s proposal for peace talks backfired as Ukraine’s European allies persuaded Zelensky to accept U.S. cease-fire plan.

Russia has been struck with heavy Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine and its GDP growth looks to have taken a major hit.

The EU and Britain announced new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday without waiting for the United States to join them, a day after President Donald Trump's phone call with Vladimir Putin failed to elicit a promise for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

President Trump said the tone and spirit of his two-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday about the war in Ukraine were "excellent," and Russia and Ukraine would "immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire.