Trump's administration initiated separate talks with Russia and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia in March ... Rubio and others from the U.S. will go to Turkey for the talks. Podolyak on Tuesday told ...

Russia is still refusing to sign up to an unconditional comprehensive ceasefire. It has no intention of returning any of the Ukrainian land it has seized, occupied and claims to have annexed. On the contrary: it's pushing for more.

Russian armed forces are creating a “security buffer zone” along the border between Russia and Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

Referring to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Trump said the discussion will focus on "stopping the bloodbath."