Donald Trump said on Thursday Vladimir Putin had agreed to temporarily halt strikes on Kyiv during the bitter cold spell impacting Eastern Europe.

Ukrainian leader said that a meeting with Putin in the Russian capital is impossible. “That would be the same as meeting Putin in Kyiv," Zelenskyy said. "I can invite him to Kyiv — let him come. I am publicly inviting him,

Earlier this month, Russia's far east Kamchatka region declared an emergency situation due to a massive snowstorm that left its major city partially paralysed. View on euronews

This is the second time that President Vladimir V. Putin has hosted President Ahmed al-Sharaa since the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

One of Moscow’s top universities is offering plush signing bonuses to encourage students to enlist in non-combat military positions, but legal experts warned the recruitment efforts rely on deceptive tactics that instead are thrusting the young academics into the throes of war.

It’s been almost four years since Russian troops invaded eastern Ukraine with the intention of taking over the Donbas region and igniting one of the biggest and deadliest conflicts seen in Europe in the past decades.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the war in Ukraine, Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday. Russia has never ruled out such a meeting,

Russian security council secretary Sergei Shoigu reaffirms Moscow's unwavering support for Beijing on the Taiwan issue.