The Kremlin said on Sunday it was wrong to talk about cancellation of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, but added that preparation for it was needed,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches

This includes Rustem Umerov, the secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, and Col Pavlo Palisa, deputy head of the presidential office in Kyiv. Today, with the Ukrainian flag flying above Downing Street, he's meeting Keir Starmer.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Sunday that he had continued talks with representatives of President Donald Trump's administration in the United States.

Long-range strikes on infrastructure are becoming increasingly critical as front-line advances stall.

President Trump abruptly canceled a second meeting with Russian President Putin in Budapest and instead approved new strong sanctions on Russian oil. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, who is a Democratic candidate for Congress in Michigan’s 7th district,

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin 's special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said on Friday he believes his country, the United States and Ukraine are close to a diplomatic solution to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

The State Department’s internal intelligence agency cast doubt earlier this year on the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin was prepared to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, dissenting from a more optimistic Central Intelligence Agency assessment of potential talks, according to several current and former officials.