Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine early Thursday for the second time in two days.

An audio recording from 2024 run by CNN in which Trump said he had threatened Putin with bombing Moscow if he entered Ukraine, plus the U.S. leader's latest criticism, could mean a tougher stance by Washington toward Moscow is on the cards.

Trump’s decision to help Ukraine fight an onslaught of Russian attacks reverses a Pentagon decision to withhold defensive weapons.

The U.S. secretary of state met with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of a gathering of Southeast Asian nations, where he also defended new U.S. tariff threats.

U.S. President Donald Trump has voiced frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the intensification of attacks.

Trump said at a Cabinet meeting that he was "not happy" with Putin, who he forcefully criticized for a second day in a row.

President Trump is now signaling possible support for a tough, bipartisan Russia sanctions bill, but only if it’s amended to give him “complete” and unconditional waiver authority. -The “Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, just days after President Donald Trump expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for not engaging in peace talks with Ukraine,

The popular newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets claimed Trump's attempts to end the Ukraine war on his terms had been a "dismal failure".