May 28, 2025 - 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 and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia.

1 day ago - 2025 starts with a relatively low ... the number rises in February, when Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked directly for the first time about ending the war in Ukraine....

15 hours ago - Russian officials repeatedly state that the war will end only when its “root causes” have been dealt with, a vague formulation that involves Russia retaining some form of military or political control over Ukraine’s future. Ukraine is facing its toughest winter yet and many are ready for difficult compromises, but things are not yet so bad that capitulation is an option. Meanwhile, Putin shows no sign of stepping away from those maximalist goals and Trump shows no sign of being willing to put pressure on him to do so.

5 hours ago - He added: “This alleged ‘residence strike’ story is a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against Ukraine, including Kyiv, as well as Russia’s own refusal to take necessary steps to end the war.” · Zelenskyy later said his Sunday meeting with Trump was productive. “Can we win without American support? No,” Zelenskyy told Fox News, before laying out the difficulties that would be posed by a lack of US backing. He also said: “I don’t trust Putin and he doesn’t want success for Ukraine.”

2 days ago - ... Speaking after meeting senior Russian military officials on the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said Moscow is continuing with its plan to capture Ukrainian regions it announced the annexation of in 2022 and is making steady progress in that ...

1 day ago - President Donald Trump’s campaign to end the war in Ukraine faced new complications on Monday when Vladimir Putin said he would revise his country’s negotiating position after the Russian leader claimed Ukrainian drones targeted his residence.

2 days ago - Today, US President Donald Trump ... plan to end the war in Ukraine. Both leaders said a deal is close to being reached, but there are still a few main sticking points, including how much territory Ukraine will hand over to Russia, and the future of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which is currently under Russian control. Before the Zelensky-Trump meeting, the US president held a call with Russian president Vladmir Putin...

September 3, 2025 - MOSCOW, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations "if common sense prevails", an option he said he preferred, but that he was ready to end it by force ...

March 18, 2025 - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald ... Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to seek a limited ceasefire against energy and infrastructure targets in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the White House.

2 weeks ago - Russian President Vladimir Putin offered no compromise on his terms for ending the war in Ukraine.

2 weeks ago - Any pursuit of peace in Ukraine must take into account Putin’s strong disincentives to willingly end the war and in fact acknowledge that he has many reasons for wanting the war to continue. Putin will be reluctant to recall Russian troops from the front lines even under a peace plan that significantly favors Moscow’s demands, something that the United States must recognize.

A year into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, Russia has suffered a major strategic defeat, Ukraine has achieved a major strategic victory, and the West has demonstrated a combination of resolve, unity, and cohesion that few had expected. This, however, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, is not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning.

5 hours ago - Putin would not end the war until he fulfilled his territorial ambitions — complete control of the four oblasts in Ukraine’s east.

2 weeks ago - It’s Putin’s shorthand for the same demands that he made to Ukraine and the West on the eve of the full-scale invasion: Kyiv’s complete withdrawal from the Donbas region, no more NATO expansion and some form of regime change in Ukraine. Back in 2022, Putin used a longstanding grievance about NATO expansion after the end of the Cold War to make his case for going to war against Ukraine.