The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul on July 23 for a third round of talks since face-to-face negotiations resumed in May. Expectations were low. Two previous rounds have yielded very few concrete results, apart from agreements on prisoner exchanges and the return of the bodies of soldiers killed in action.

Trump really thinks Putin will relent.

The US returns as a seller of critical anti-ballistic systems, but remains neutral, with no ideological standpoint.

Russia said that it expected talks with Ukraine later on Wednesday in Istanbul to be "difficult", downplaying expectations of a breakthrough at a meeting between the two sides after nearly three and a half years of war.

Ukraine proposed direct talks within weeks between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin.

The expectations for the EU-China summit are so low that officials in Brussels claim as a victory the fact that it is happening at all.

Standup has become an escape for many as the conflict drags on, and comics see dark humour as part of their mission to ‘stop people going crazy’

Russian lawmakers advanced a bill on Tuesday that would fine internet users who search online for web pages, books, artworks or music albums that authorities have deemed "extremist" -- a move critics have called a dangerous attack on freedom.

Trump officials contradict Tulsi.