According to the report, Witkoff’s meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin derailed the quiet progress made toward a ceasefire and introduced conditions Kyiv could never accept. Read also: EU leaders brace for sensitive White House talks on Ukraine - NYT During the summit with U.

With no ceasefire and an invitation to Moscow, the US and Russia's meeting yields more questions than answers.

In the early hours of Saturday morning following a summit in Alaska between the leaders of Russia and the United States, senior politicians in Moscow were quick to trumpet the meeting as a win for Russia and its narrative of the war in Ukraine.

Russian reporters are whining about having to sleep on cots and being served old tuna for breakfast while covering the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska — but their own country may actually be to blame.

Ukraine has occasionally targeted the Russian capital, but has doubled down on drone strikes on Moscow in recent days.

The Russian president and Trump emissary held talks in Moscow days before the White House deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Wednesday on a last-minute mission to seek a breakthrough in the Ukraine war.

Leaders from the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Finland, the European Union, and Nato gathered in Washington in a coordinated effort to show solidarity with Zelenskyy ahead of his potentially contentious

Russian media have been reacting to Trump's growing criticism of Putin, the most recent being on Tuesday when he accused the Russian leader of peddling "bulls***" over his intentions in Ukraine, after rejecting U.S. ceasefire proposals.

Ann M. Simmons, a Russia specialist and the former Moscow Bureau Chief for the Wall Street journal, weighs the significance of President Donald Trump's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.