Responding to Vladimir Putin's claims that Russia is "ready" for war with Europe, Keir Starmer's spokesman says Putin "isn't serious about peace".

A U.S. delegation met Putin for nearly five hours in Moscow as Washington, Kyiv, and Europe scramble to shape a contentious peace proposal for ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

After being blindsided by President Donald Trump’s 28-point plan last month, some Europeans have expressed extreme disquiet at being apparently sidelined in talks.

Mark Rutte's comments come a day after Putin rejected US proposals for peace in Ukraine after talks with US negotiators in Moscow.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to bring a peace plan to end the nearly four-year war with Ukraine.

Earlier that day, Putin accused Ukraine's European supporters of blocking U.S. attempts to end the war. He claimed that Europe was not interested in peace and was instead pushing for the conflict to continue.

India's imports of Russian oil may decline for only "a brief period" as Moscow plans to boost supplies, using sophisticated technology to avert the impact of Western sanctions, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

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,