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Talks with Putin 'productive' but no Ukraine peace deal yet, says Trump

Leaders signal progress on multiple fronts while avoiding specifics, fuelling concerns in Kyiv and among Nato allies

Putin praises Trump, calls for ensuring Ukraine's security after meeting

Putin added that Russia wishes to establish a just balance of power between the European Union (EU) and Russia to address the long-term issues of the conflict

Alaska Summit: Trump to meet Putin, says talks have 25% chance of failing

US President Donald Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for the first time in seven years, with Ukraine peace efforts and European security high on the agenda

Ukraine under pressure as Russian troops advance before Putin-Trump summit

Days before the leaders of Russia and the US hold a summit meeting in Alaska, Moscow's forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations in the country's industrial heartland of Donetsk. This week's advances amount to only a limited success for Russia, analysts say, since it still needs to consolidate its gains before achieving a true breakthrough. Still, it's a potentially dangerous moment for Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely try to persuade US President Donald Trump to pressure Ukraine by arguing the 3 1/2-year-old war is going badly for Kyiv, said Mykola Bieleskov, a senior analyst at CBA Initiatives Centre. The key risk for Ukraine is that the Kremlin will try to turn certain local gains on the battlefield into strategic victories at the negotiating table, he said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donetsk region that Kyiv still controls as part of a ceasefire deal, a ...

Tariffs on India over Russian oil led Moscow to seek talks with US: Trump

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the tariffs imposed on India for purchasing oil from Russia have influenced Moscow's decision to seek a meeting with Washington, as the country was losing its second largest customer. The comments come ahead of Trump's high-profile meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, scheduled for Friday in Anchorage, Alaska. In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Trump said, "I think everything has an impact," and claimed that when he told India that "we're going to charge you, because you're dealing with Russia and oil purchases", it "essentially took them out of buying oil from Russia". "And then they (Russia) called, and they wanted to meet. We're going to see what the meeting means. But certainly, when you lose your second largest customer, and you're probably going to lose your first largest customer, I think that probably has a role. "India was the second largest, and getting pretty close to China. China is the largest (purchaser of .

Secret Service races to secure lodging for Trump-Putin summit in Alaska

The summit will take place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska's largest military installation

Russian hackers lurked in US courts for years, stole sealed files

The attackers had access to what was supposed to be protected information for multiple years

Trump's conflicting relation with Putin takes spotlight at Alaska summit

Donald Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could be a decisive moment for both the war in Ukraine and the US leader's anomalous relationship with his Russian counterpart. Trump has long boasted that he's gotten along well with Putin and spoken admiringly of him, even praising him as pretty smart for invading Ukraine. But in recent months, he's expressed frustrations with Putin and threatened more sanctions on his country. At the same time, Trump has offered conflicting messages about his expectations for the summit. He has called it really a feel-out meeting to gauge Putin's openness to a ceasefire but also warned of very severe consequences if Putin doesn't agree to end the war. For Putin, Friday's meeting is a chance to repair his relationship with Trump and unlace the West's isolation of his country following its invasion of Ukraine 3 1/2 years ago. He's been open about his desire to rebuild US-Russia relations now that Trump is back in the White House. The Wh

Rupee trades weak with US-Russia meeting in focus; opens at 87.46/$

Indian Rupee today: The domestic currency opened 2 paise lower at 87.46 against the greenback on Thursday

The answer is no: Trump on persuading Putin to halt attacks on civilians

Trump also said that he could raise the issue of the alleged Russian hacking of the US federal court filing system

Trump warns of severe consequences if Putin does not agree to stop war

President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that there will be very severe consequences if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week in Alaska. Trump made the comment in response to a question from a reporter after announcing this year's Kennedy Centre Honours recipients in Washington. He did not say what the consequences might be. The remark came soon after Trump consulted with European leaders, who said the president assured them he would make a priority of trying to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine when he meets with Putin on Friday in Anchorage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined several of Kyiv's main allies in the virtual meeting with the US leader, and Zelenskyy told the group that Putin is bluffing ahead of the planned summit about Russia's ability to occupy all of Ukraine and shake off sanctions. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said afterward that important decisions could

Zelenskyy rejects ceding Donbas to Russia, seeks role in US-Russia talks

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that together form Donbas as a condition to unlock a ceasefire

Russian forces advance in Ukraine ahead of Trump-Putin Alaska summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of fresh Russian offensives as Trump and Putin prepare for talks in Alaska without Kyiv at the table

Alaska's Russian ties in spotlight as Trump, Putin meet in the 49th state

When US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter in the 49th state's long history with Russia and with international tensions. Siberian fur traders arrived from across the Bering Sea in the first part of the 18th century, and the imprint of Russian settlement in Alaska remains. The oldest building in Anchorage is a Russian Orthodox church, and many Alaska Natives have Russian surnames. The nations are so close Alaska's Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait is less than 5 kilometres from Russia's Big Diomede that former Gov. Sarah Palin was right during the 2008 presidential race when she said, You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, though the comment prompted jokes that that was the extent of her foreign policy experience. Alaska has been US territory since 1867, and it has since been the location of the only World War II battle on North American soil, a focus of Cold War tensions and t

Trump's meeting with Putin 'listening exercise for President': White House

Donald Trump will be meeting Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, where the two leaders will hold a one-on-one conversation regarding the Russia-Ukraine war

US suspects Russian involvement in breach of Federal Court filing system

The disclosure comes as US President Donald Trump is expected to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska

EU appeals to Trump to defend Europe's interests at war summit with Putin

European Union leaders appealed on Tuesday to US President Donald Trump to defend their security interests at a key summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin later this week over the war in Ukraine. The Europeans are desperate to exert some influence over a Friday meeting that they have been sidelined from. It remains unclear whether even Ukraine will take part. Trump has said that he wants to see whether Putin is serious about ending the war, now in its fourth year. But Trump has disappointed US allies in Europe by saying that Ukraine will have to give up some Russian-held territory. He also said that Russia must accept land swaps, although it remains unclear what Putin might be expected to surrender. The Europeans and Ukraine are wary that Putin, who has waged the biggest land war in Europe since 1945 and used Russia's energy might to try to cow the EU, might secure favourable concessions and set the outlines of a peace deal without them. In a statement early on Tuesday,

Russia, Ukraine stick to demands ahead of Putin-Trump Alaska summit

The maximalist demands reflect Putin's determination to reach the goals he set when he launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022

Trump-Putin Alaska summit to tackle Ukraine war, tariffs and global trade

Trump announces historic Alaska summit with Putin to discuss Ukraine, tariffs, and trade; here's what to expect from the meeting

Oil holds steady on US-Russia deal reports, closes week down around 5%

Brent fell 4.4 per cent over the week, while WTI finished 5.1 per cent lower than last Friday's close