Russian strongman Vladimir Putin reneged on his deal with President Trump to briefly pause the war in Ukraine, killing at least five and injuring more than a dozen in strikes across the battered country overnight into Saturday.

Trump was slammed by an Estonian official for deeming it "appropriate" to hang a photo of a man who continues to wage war in Europe

Grigory Yeremeev, a 69-year-old Russian politician, risks jail after denouncing Putin's war, calling it a failure "soaked in blood and lies."

Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa has arrived in Moscow for his second time in less than four months for talks, and Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to help the country rebuild its war-battered economy.

The photo of the two leaders appeared above a photo of the U.S. president with his granddaughter.

They said they have never experienced cold like that. And I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv," said Trump.

This is the second time that President Vladimir V. Putin has hosted President Ahmed al-Sharaa since the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

"I want to congratulate you on the fact that the process of restoring the territorial integrity of Syria is gaining momentum," Putin told al-Sharaa in the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday for increasing momentum towards restoring the territorial integrity of the Arab Republic after Syrian troops took swathes of territory from Kurdish forces.