President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday oversaw a test of Russia's nuclear forces on land, sea and air to rehearse their readiness and command structure. The test included the launch of a land-based "Yars" intercontinental ballistic missile from a cosmodrome,

At least six people were killed overnight, shortly after the American president announced that he did not "want to have a waste of time" holding a summit with the Russian leader.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are no longer meeting in Budapest as was announced just last week.

President Trump said last week that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet in Budapest, Hungary, though he did not say when.

Vladimir Putin faces a logistical problem in traveling to the Donald Trump meeting in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss ending the Ukraine war.

The communique reaffirmed Russia's demand for full control of the long-contested eastern Donbas region, according to one official, effectively rejecting Trump's call for a ceasefire to commence with a freeze of the frontlines at their prevailing locations.

After he was briefed on what the senior official described as a “productive” call between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday, Trump essentially pressed pause — believing both sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict were not ready to seriously talk peace, the official said.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin needs to be made aware that any infringement or provocation against a NATO member will have unbearable consequences for him. — Ukrinform.