The U.S. president says the onus is on Russia and Ukraine, not Washington, to end the war, according to a report.

US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to come to Istanbul on Friday 16 May, for talks on the Russia-Ukraine war. Source: European Pravda with reference to the Turkish TV channel NTV Quote from Trump: "And I said: ‘I don’t think he’s going to go if I don’t go’,

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 19, the Kremlin said, confirming the plan announced by Trump over the weekend. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the conversation between the two leaders is scheduled for 5 p.

His comments come as delegations from Ukraine and Russia wait to meet in Istanbul on Thursday for the first set of direct talks in more than three years. It is not clear if the me

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Donald Trump has expressed his willingness to join peace talks in Istanbul, but only if Vladimir Putin does. These talks, marking the first direct discussions between Kyiv and Moscow since March 2022,

President Donald Trump announced a "major prisoners swap" had taken place between Russia and Ukraine. The two sides had agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners each at their direct talks in Istanbul last week,

Trump turned to Truth Social to announce his plans to speak to Putin by phone on Monday, following a Russian drone attack that killed nine civilians.

For hours Friday, a crowd of hopefuls stood on the roadside wrapped in blue-and-yellow flags and clutching photos of captured Ukrainian soldiers — their eyes peeled for any sign of buses. On board would be the first batch of Ukrainian troops released in the largest exchange of the war with Russia thus far — the only outcome of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul last week that failed to result in a ceasefire.