Trump wants Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war on the current battlelines, with Moscow holding a huge swathe of eastern Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia "almost automatically became less interested in diplomacy" due to the postponement of a decision by the U.S. administration on Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine.

Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if it did not agree.

European nations are working with Ukraine on a 12-point proposal to end Russia's war along current battle lines, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. A peace board chaired by US president Donald Trump would oversee the implementation of the proposed plan, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev floated the tunnel idea late on Thursday after Putin spoke to Trump by phone and agreed to meet in Budapest.

Athletes from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to compete as neutral athletes in qualification events for next year's Winter Olympics after FIS vote.

Russia said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio came to no agreement on a meeting during phone talks, casting a shadow over preparations for a planned summit between their presidents aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy outlined a plan for U.S.-Russia tunnel connecting Alaska and Siberia through Bering Strait within eight years at $8 billion cost.

Trump called a proposed tunnel from Russia to Alaska 'interesting' and said he would 'have to think about that.'

The Polish foreign minister said he could not guarantee that Russian President Vladimir Putin's plane would not be forced to land.