On Ukraine peace talks, the Kremlin has played for time through deflections and side-steps, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.

President Trump stepped back from his demands for an immediate 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine following calls ...

The Kremlin has withstood pressure for an immediate cease-fire as a precondition for peace talks, but the Russian president’s push for normalizing relations with the United States appears in limbo.

Putin said efforts to end the war were "generally on the right track" and that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a ...

President Donald Trump held a high-stakes call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday over the war in Ukraine.

Trump appeared to accept Putin’s demand to postpone a ceasefire until after negotiations, and there was little to indicate ...

When direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul last week failed to produce a ceasefire, Donald Trump declared that ...

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than two hours Monday, after the White House said ...

THE first direct talks between Russia and Ukraine to end their four-year war lasted only an hour and 40 minutes. Aside from a ...

Trump says ‘hopefully it will be a productive day, a ceasefire will take place, and this very violent war ... will end' ...

A day later than expected, Russian and Ukrainian delegations met face-to-face in Istanbul yesterday for the first time in more than three years.