WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was on hold because he didn’t want it to be a “waste of time.” It was the latest twist in Trump’s stop-and-go effort to resolve the war in Ukraine.

President Trump on Saturday said the lack of progress toward peace between Russia and Ukraine amid their more than three-year war is “very disappointing.” The president has attempted to chart a course for peace since the start of his second administration after making a pledge to end the war in a day on the

Ukraine's state security service has unveiled a significantly upgraded sea drone, the "Sea Baby," which it claims can now operate across the entire Black Sea, carry substantially heavier weaponry, and utilise artificial intelligence for precision targeting.

When they are not fighting, they write poetry, letters home or words of praise to their supreme commander,” said one of the directors at Moscow's Museum of Victory.

As winter arrives, the war between Russia and Ukraine has shifted from snowy battlefields to power plants, gas lines, and oil refineries. Both countries are now targeting each other’s energy systems to gain an upper hand in a conflict that has lasted nearly four years.

The sanctions could be imposed if Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no interest in meaningful negotiations and continues to delay ending Russia's war in Ukraine, Reuters reported.