A Trump-Putin meeting has been floated by both sides for some time. So why might either side want it to happen now?

The enthusiasm for a negotiated deal is a sharp reversal from 2022 — the year the war began — when Gallup found that about three-quarters of Ukrainians wanted to keep fighting until victory.

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If Narendra Modi surrendered to President Trump, how tough would it be to wean his country from Russia’s discounted supply?

Donald Trump has announced that he will impose an additional 25 per cent tariff on imports from India due to its purchases of Russian oil. The US president made the move on Wednesday in an executive order that was published by the White House shortly after Steve Witkoff,

But less than six months later, the relationship appears to have hit rock bottom. Trump has now imposed a total of 50% tariffs on goods imported from India, and his earlier threat of levying an extra 10% for the country's membership in the Brics grouping,

President Trump said he would impose tariffs on Russia if the war did not end this week. When asked if he would hold the deadline, Trump said, “It's going to be up to him," referring to Putin.

President Donald Trump says he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin even if the Russian leader won’t meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.