Putin, Trump and Ukraine

Trump, Putin signal they'll have a phone call soon. What will they talk about?
Any conversation between the two would mark the first time a sitting U.S. president and Putin have spoken since the war in Ukraine began, although former President Joe Biden held phone calls with Putin multiple times in the leadup to Moscow's invasion to urge Putin against it.
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President Donald Trump has said multiple times that the war in Ukraine would have never broken out had he been in office.
Ukraine is pinning hopes on Putin exasperating Trump
Washington and Kyiv are holding fast to separate assumptions about the prospect of ending the ongoing war — but both could be wrong.
Putin echoes President Donald Trump’s claim that conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided had he been in office
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the White House in 2022. He also said Moscow
Zelenskiy Urges Trump to Be on Ukraine's Side, Says Putin Not Afraid of Europe
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‘We welcome these strong signals’ – Ukraine praises Trump’s threat to Putin over ending war
Ukraine has praised Donald Trump’s threat to Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s invasion “the hard way”, using tariffs and sanctions, as sending a “strong signal” to the Kremlin. In his first major remarks on Ukraine after re-entering the White House,
Vladimir Putin is trying to pull a snow job on Trump
Putin is attempting to use the prospect of negotiations to buy time and gain an upper hand in the war in Ukraine, even as he ...
Putin, Xi vow to ‘deepen’ alliance hours after Trump re-enters the White House
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video call hours after President Donald Trump ...
Putin echoes Trump's claim that conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided had he been in office
The Kremlin says a settlement in Ukraine can’t be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices as U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Putin’s ‘not doing so well,’ says Trump in unusually critical remarks on Kremlin leader
His inauguration speech was loudest in its silence on Ukraine. But hours later, US President Donald Trump laid bare – in a ...
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reaffirm ties as Donald Trump returns to the White House
Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed ties with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as the two face a more ...
Putin says he’s open to meeting with Trump: Russian TV
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during an interview that he is open to meeting with President Trump to discuss topics ...
Trump’s threat of tariffs and sanctions on Russia over Ukraine may fall flat
President Donald Trump is threatening to impose stiff taxes, tariffs and sanctions on Russia if an agreement isn’t reached to ...
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin's forces focus on attacking key eastern town of Pokrovsk amid heavy losses
Russian forces have captured hundreds of square miles of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region over the past year as part of their advance on the city of Pokrovsk.