Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey on Monday to discuss his country's recent talks with U.S. officials on ending the war in Ukraine, and how Ankara can contribute to the process,

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday,

Moscow is ready to negotiate with Ukraine, and with Europe, but the fighting will stop only with a result that suits the Russian side. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference following talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

The Ukrainian president has been frozen out of peace talks for his own country with rumours Putin plans to force elections in Kyiv

Speaking at an impromptu press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday, an agitated Trump said: “Today I heard, ‘Oh, we weren’t invited’ [to Tuesday’s U.S.-Russia talks].

Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralised, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey's growing influence in the country, four sources familiar with the efforts said.