Kremlin Says Putin Met With Trump’s Envoy, Steve Witkoff
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, in Moscow late Thursday and now expects to talk to President Trump about a possible cease-fire…
U.S. Negotiators Are En Route to Moscow, Kremlin Says
American and Russian officials are expected to meet in Moscow on Thursday as President Vladimir V. Putin weighs a 30-day cease-fire proposal from the United States and Ukraine. Dmitri S.…
Putin Is ‘Carefully Studying’ Proposed Ukraine Cease-Fire
As recently as January, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia emphatically rejected the idea of a temporary cease-fire in Ukraine. But after a month in which President Trump turned American…
America the Evil Mastermind? Not So Fast, Russians Are Told
Five weeks ago, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, delivered a routine speech blasting the “hegemonic, egoistic” United States at the helm of the “collective West.” The worldview of the…
Zelensky Turns to Diplomacy in a War With ‘a Long Way to Go’
President Volodymyr Zelensky returned to Ukraine on Monday after a whirlwind diplomatic mission that included both humiliation, by President Trump, and a warm embrace, from European leaders. He vowed to…
Thanks to Trump, Saudi Arabia Gets a Big Week in Diplomacy
Only a few years ago, Washington was calling Saudi Arabia a “pariah” over its headline-making human rights violations. Western business leaders canceled investments in the kingdom. Celebrities and sports stars…