St Petersburg, Jun 5 (PTI) Russia is "ready and willing" to reach an agreement with Ukraine based on US ​President Donald Trump's peace proposal if Kyiv was ready to make certain "compromises", Presid

First, let experts work, work something out, and then we can meet to sign things,” the Russian leader said, days after Ukrainian drone strikes rocked the city of St. Petersburg.

By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin faced two rival outlines of Russia's future on Thursday as he hosted his premier annual investment conference with the war in Ukraine unabated.

Some of Russia’s best known hawks have become more open in expressing a belief that Moscow simply doesn’t have the capacity to achieve an outright victory against Ukraine.

Russia is reeling as casualties reach staggering heights; recruitment of replacement troops wanes; and areas far from the front lines come under attack.

Vladimir Putin has said Moscow will not interfere in the "delicate" bilateral relations between India and China.

Ukraine's president called on his Russian counterpart to jumpstart 'direct negotiations' to try to hash out a deal to end more than four years of war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had warm words for "old friend" Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, describing their relationship in personal terms and dismissing the notion that the war in Ukraine had driven a Russian "pivot" toward the East Asian power.