In one document dated 2001, Bush told Putin that “a strong Russia is in the interest of the United States” and encouraged him to “rethink the new threats coming from those who hate America and may also hate” Russia.

President Vladimir Putin said he’s willing to discuss bringing Russia’s war in Ukraine to an end, even as he ruled out changes sought by Kyiv and Europe to a US peace plan drawn up with Moscow.

However, Russian officials, who over the weekend held their own talks with the U.S. team in the Sunshine State, continued to downplay any sense of progress and Moscow still shows little sign of yielding from the maximalist war demands that Ukraine surrender territory, reduce its army and never join NATO.

The president is planning to meet with the leader of Ukraine in Florida just as the lawmakers are applying some pressure.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow won't attack other nations if its treated "with respect" and claimed he is "ready and willing" to end the Ukraine war "peacefully."

May he perish,’ each of us may think to ourselves,” Zelensky said during his Christmas Eve message in an oblique reference to the Russian tyrant.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a message on December 18 to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to celebrate New Year's Day, North Korean state media KCNA reported on Thursday. The year 2025 had a "special meaning" for the relationship between Moscow and Pyongyang,