Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited to ask President Trump for more military aid as the war with Russia persists.

Trump called a proposed tunnel from Russia to Alaska 'interesting' and said he would 'have to think about that.'

Direct conflict between Russia and NATO was once unthinkable, but preparations and defense spending have been stepped up in nervous Baltic states.

President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy outlined a plan for U.S.-Russia tunnel connecting Alaska and Siberia through Bering Strait within eight years at $8 billion cost.

A court in southern Russia convicted 15 captured Ukrainian soldiers on terrorism charges Friday after a trial that Kyiv denounced as a sham and a violation of international law. The military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 15 men from the Aidar battalion, which Russia has designated a terrorist group, to prison terms ranging from 15 to 21 years.

India is trying to find a way to maintain ties with both the US and Russia as it seeks to clinch a trade deal with President Donald Trump and bring down tariff rates of 50%.

On Sunday evening, Russian forces hit an energy facility in the Koriukivka district of Chernihiv Oblast, leaving around 55,000 consumers without electricity. Source: Chernihivoblenergo Quote: "At 19:00,