President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff are meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in India for a two-day summit on Thursday. Government officials say the visit will strengthen the India-Russia “special and privileged strategic partnership” with a “wide range of interdepartmental and business agreements”.

The presidents of Ukraine and Russia are expected to be briefed this week on outcomes of Sunday's U.S.-Ukraine talks.

Russia is ready for “serious” peace talks, Vladimir Putin said Thursday, adding that the draft of a plan discussed by the United States and Ukraine could form the basis of a future deal to end the con

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a US plan to end the war in Ukraine could “form the basis for future agreements” but renewed threats to seize more territory by force unless Kyiv withdraws.

"We need to sit down and discuss this seriously," Putin told reporters at the end of a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan. He described U.S. President Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan as "a set of issues put forward for discussion" rather than a draft agreement.

The Trump administration is engaged in high-stakes talks with Ukraine and Russia over ending the war between the two countries. Meanwhile, strikes continue in Ukraine, where many villages are now ghost towns.

In his first public comments about the latest U.S. push for peace between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian leader described the plan as a list of questions requiring work.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss all aspects of their countries' "privileged strategic partnership" when Putin visits New Delhi next week, the Kremlin said.

At a high-level military briefing, Vladimir Putin is told by Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov and front commanders that Russian forces have completed the “liberation” of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) and are tightening encirclements from Kupyansk to Dimitrov while pushing toward Huliaipole and deeper into Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia.