Russian President Vladimir Putin is in India this week for a summit focused on strengthening economic, defense and energy ties.

Dressed head to toe in army fatigues, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday received the news he had been awaiting for more than a year: Russia had taken over the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

The Russian cabinet has reportedly approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance India-Russia collaboration in civil nuclear energy, set to be formalised during President Putin's visit to New Delhi on December 4-5.

European Union lawmakers and member states reached a deal Wednesday to ban all imports of Russian gas by autumn 2027, as the bloc seeks to choke off key funds feeding Moscow's war chest."This is the dawn of a new era,

The Russian president met Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin. The Trump administration is trying to broker a peace deal.

Russia claimed on Monday to have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, in what would be an important victory for its forces if confirmed – though Ukraine dismissed what it said were “loud statements” by Moscow aimed at influencing negotiations on ending the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing no signs of compromise, the BBC's Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg says. It comes after Russian officials said "no compromise" was reached during five hours of talks between Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday.