VLADIMIR Putin is hellbent on flooding Europe with dangerous criminals and serial rapists if a Ukrainian ceasefire is signed, a top foreign minister has warned. Russia’s despot could deploy

Ukraine-Russia: 55,000 of our soldiers killed in war, Zelensky says, as Kremlin vows to fight on - Moscow pressures Zelensky to give in over Donetsk as talks continue in Abu Dhabi

U.S., Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are back around a table for a second round of technical talks, but in Kyiv, Russian bombs bring suffering and skepticism.

Vladimir Putin is “not winning” in Ukraine despite Donald Trump’s claims to the contrary, according to a former US envoy. General Keith Kellogg, the US president’s Ukraine envoy up until last month, told BBC Radio 4′s Today programme that the Russian leader is “afraid” right now.

KYIV — Ukraine fears it can’t rely on security guarantees from its allies in any potential peace deal, and so must be ready to stand alone as a “steel porcupine” to ensure that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin won’t return for another attack.

KYIV — A second round of talks between Russian, Ukrainian and US officials on a US-drafted plan to end the nearly four-year Ukraine war will begin on Wednesday, instead of Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

President Donald Trump runs hot and cold in his relationship with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin — often at the same time

The Kremlin said Putin was joined, as at previous meetings with the U.S. side, by his foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov and special envoy Kirill Dmitriev. A brief video clip showed Putin shaking hands with the three Americans and inviting them to take their seats at a long oval table.