The Trump Administration has claimed that it’s nearing a deal to end the war, but, for now, the conflict’s essential impasse still holds: Moscow won’t accept what Kyiv can stomach.

Putin is expected to be briefed on the outcomes of Sunday's U.S.-Ukraine talks.

Five hours of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and top United States negotiators did not yield a breakthrough compromise on a possible Ukraine peace deal, a Kremlin aide said early Wednesday.

Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday for high-stakes talks on ending the war in Ukraine.The meeting -- preceded by days of frenzied diplomacy from Florida to Geneva to Abu Dhabi -- comes as Washington said it was "very optimistic" about ending Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II.

Putin has repeatedly falsely claimed to capture Ukrainian cities prematurely.

Kyiv resisted hitting tankers carrying Russian oil—until now.

Choice to send Steve Witkoff highlights Washington's growing urgency to bridge remaining gaps with Kyiv over plan's terms

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes that Russian ruler Vladimir Putin will not stop at Ukraine in his aggressive foreign policy. Source: Merz at a party congress of the Christian Social Union in Munich,