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.

4 days ago - President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia meeting with military officers in Moscow on Monday, in a photo released by Russian state media.Credit...Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik ... Dec. 29, 2025 · With talks on ending the Ukraine war making little progress on the toughest issues, Russia issued a dramatic threat on Monday to harden its stance, linking the potential change to what the Kremlin called a failed Ukrainian drone attack overnight targeting a rural residence of President Vladimir V.

2 days ago - Some Kremlin-watchers are skeptical about Putin accepting a deal that would cross any of his red lines. The contours of such a deal are still emerging, but the Russian side has long been clear about the main sticking points. Most recently, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ryabkov reiterated them in an interview with ABC News: No surrender of any Ukrainian territory that Moscow lays claim to, and no NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine after the war ends.

September 3, 2025 - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday that there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations "if common sense prevails" but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way.

1 day ago - The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war. ... In a photo distributed by Russian state media, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered his ...

June 18, 2025 - Ending the Russia-Ukraine war demands a shift in strategy from the Trump administration—one that compels Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate by coupling sustained pressure with pragmatic dialogue.

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

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.

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 ...

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

1 month ago - Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off.

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.

1 month ago - Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off.

September 14, 2025 - When Vladimir Putin sent at least 19 drones into Poland last week, the Russian president was delivering a message: He’s not planning to end his war against the West anytime soon. The Russian incursion into NATO airspace follows weeks of aerial attacks in Ukraine that killed dozens of civilians, damaged buildings housing the EU and British delegations and struck for the first time a government building in central Kyiv.

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.

2 weeks ago - WASHINGTON/PARIS, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence reports continue to warn that Russian President Vladimir Putin has not abandoned his aims of capturing all of Ukraine and reclaiming parts of Europe that belonged to the former Soviet empire, ...

November 7, 2024 - Putin on June 14, opens new tab set out his terms for an end to the war: Ukraine would have to drop its NATO ambitions and withdraw its troops from all the territory of four regions claimed by Moscow.