After claiming to have ended Ukraine's incursion into Kursk — with North Korean help — Russia says it is ready to hold peace talks with Kyiv. But President Trump has cast doubt on Putin's remarks and theatened sanctions.

Russia is ready to hold peace talks with Ukraine “without preconditions”, President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff at a meeting on Friday, the Kremlin said Saturday. “During yesterday’s talks with Trump’s envoy Witkoff,

Russia launched a sweeping drone assault across Ukraine overnight into Sunday, targeting multiple regions, after US President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the war.