Two U.S. senators are warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a fresh military offensive against Ukraine.

Russia told Ukraine at peace talks on Monday that it would only agree to end the war if Kyiv gives up big new chunks of territory and accepts limits on the size of its army, according to a memorandum reported by Russian media.

Russian and Ukrainian delegates met in Istanbul on Monday for their second set of direct peace talks, a day after Kyiv launched a shock drone attack on Russia’s nuclear-capable bombers, in an operation that President Volodymyr Zelensky said was a year and a half in the making.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul has proposed specific dates for such a meeting, states Ukraine’s Minister of Defense and head of the Ukrainian delegation,

Russia has proposed to Ukraine a temporary ceasefire for two or three days in certain areas of the front line to collect the bodies of the fallen soldiers, Vladimir Medinsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin's aide and head of the country's delegation to Istanbul,

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia needs to “strangle” Western tech companies still operating in the country. The comments come after a Monday meeting at the Kremlin where a businessman claimed Russian consumers are still using Microsoft and Zoom products in the country.

Lindsey Graham has warned Donald Trump that the U.S. is being “played” by Russian President Vladimir Putin as he leads a bipartisan push to cripple the Kremlin with America’s toughest sanctions yet. As the White House drags its feet on Russia despite its ongoing aggression against Ukraine,

Five people have been killed and six others injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight, ahead of peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv in Istanbul later today.Russian shelling and air attacks killed five people outside the south-east Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia,