A summit in Paris six years ago was the first and only time the two presidents ever met, flanked by French president Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel. At the time, Putin and Zelensky were looking to hash out a ceasefire deal for war in Donbas in Ukraine’s east, where Russia-backed forces were fighting Ukrainian troops.

As negotiations over the war carry on, President Vladimir V. Putin is pushing hard with tactics that have evolved over three and a half years.

The leaders of Belarus and Iran signed new agreements on Wednesday to boost bilateral ties in key areas including defense, the two governments said. Presidents Alexander Lukashenko and Masoud Pezeshkian signed a package of 13 documents in the Belarusian capital,

U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine after talks in Alaska on Friday, as the two leaders offered scant details on what was discussed but heaped praise on one another.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit that could determine not only the trajectory of the war in Ukraine but also the fate of European security.

Nor was there a glint of a nuclear-arms-control deal, which Mr Putin had suggested. Both spoke about economic opportunities, but there was little that was tangible. Mr Trump said he would brief Mr Zelensky and European leaders,

Russian state media footage shows the M113 armored personnel carrier driving into combat in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted a motorcycle to an American man during peace talks with President Donald Trump last week. A local man in Anchorage was gifted a new motorcycle by Putin while he was in the Alaskan city for peace talks regarding Russia's war with Ukraine.