US President Donald Trump believes that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia's Vladimir Putin are ready to conclude a truce agreement. On a plane en route from Washington to Miami, he told reporters there has already been significant progress in talks on Ukraine.

Putin's envoy said discussions have touched on cooperation in the Arctic and with rare earth metals, with future talks scheduled.

We will known within weeks if Putin is serious about peace in Ukraine, US says - It comes as Russian attacks continue, with four killed in a drone barrage on Kharkiv

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Wednesday that Vladimir Putin's business advisor, Kirill Dmitriev, is planning to travel to the United States this week. During the daily briefing, he noted that such a visit is possible and that dialogue with the Americans is still ongoing.

The appeal by some of Kyiv's key western allies is an attempt to call Moscow out on its willingness to reach a ceasefire. Emerging from three days of meetings with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) foreign ministers in Brussels,

Vladimir Putin signed an order unfreezing the assets of the American bank Goldman Sachs in Russia, as reported by "The Moscow Times." This move comes just before another round of talks with the United States.

Vladimir Putin conscripts 160,000 Russian troops in biggest military call-up in over a decade - The draft came as Washington officials said the likelihood of Russia and Ukraine reaching a peace accord

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