Putin masses 50,000 troops on Ukraine's north front
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The United States told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that its proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine was "Russia's best possible outcome" and President Vladimir Putin should take the deal.
The White House faces the question of whether its appeasement of Russia has failed to achieve the ceasefire it promised and instead emboldened the Kremlin on the battlefield.
Trump previously said his personal relationship with Putin would usher in peace for Ukraine. Now, he says Putin's gone "absolutely CRAZY!"
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards, according to reports.
The U.S. president lashed out at the Kremlin on Tuesday as the White House continued to consider increasing sanctions against Russia.
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RBC Ukraine on MSNZelenskyy says peace in Ukraine to come after Putin's out, but short-term solution existsA just peace in Ukraine will likely come only after the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, is gone. However, there is also a short-term solution, Tagesschau reports, citing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
A top Kremlin aide has accused Donald Trump of being “not sufficiently informed” about the situation in Ukraine after the US president said Russian leader Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire.”
Moscow has proposed a second round of direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on Monday, weeks after similar negotiations failed to bear fruit. Kyiv has hit back at Russia’s failure to submit a proposed ceasefire memorandum,