A senior Kremlin official has hinted at a shift in Moscow's stance on the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine following any peace deal - as Washington seeks to ramp up pressure on Russia with implicit warnings of further action.

Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev discusses his meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Washington, D.C. on 'Special Report.'

European foreign ministers at a NATO meeting blamed Russia on Friday for thwarting a U.S. push for peace in the Ukraine war, in a clear bid to persuade the Trump administration to take a harder line towards Moscow.

One of the largest rounds of conscription to Russia’s military for several years is underway, as President Vladimir Putin pushes ahead with an expansion of the country’s military at a crucial moment in the war in Ukraine.

The U.S. has expanded its sanctions on Russian companies while simultaneously removing restrictions on the wife of Boris Rotenberg, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control reported on April 2.

Russia's special envoy on international economic and investment, Kirill Dmitriev, says he's in Washington meeting with the Trump administration.

Ukrainian troops are making small gains in Russia's Belgorod region, while Donald Trump has taken a swipe at Vladimir Putin.

After arrival, the Kyiv-born and US-educated envoy said that unnamed forces were trying to stir tension between Washington and MoscowMeanwhile, Russian military bloggers have claimed that hundreds of Ukrainian troops have sought shelter from Moscow’s advancing forces in a Kursk monastery.