President Donald Trump held a high-stakes call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the latest in a series of high-level meetings and negotiations as the Trump administration and international allies seek an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

After Trump’s third phone call with Putin since his inauguration, it appears there will be no let up in fighting and less U.S. pressure on Moscow.

So much for Donald Trump’s “force of personality” forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to prove he wants to end the war in Ukraine.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than two hours but failed to agree on an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine. WSJ National Security Reporter Alexander Ward unpacks the call.

Kyiv will not meet Vladimir Putin's request for Ukraine to withdraw troops from its four partially occupied regions, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian leader said "it's our land," in a briefing to reporters on Monday,

President Trump said ceasefire negotiations would begin "immediately," but the Kremlin has expressed little eagerness for a ceasefire in the war it began.

Ukraine and Russia accused each other of launching attack drones on one another overnight, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with his US counterpart Donald Trump - and again refused an immediate ceasefire.

Following years of outright conflict in Ukraine, President Donald Trump said that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin wants peace between the two countries.

President Putin says Russia is prepared to discuss "compromises" on Ukraine after "frank" phone call with Donald Trump Following the call, Putin says "we simply must determine the most effective ways of moving towards peace" - Russian state media reports

The president announced that “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.”

President Donald Trump spoke with reporters in the Oval Office Monday about his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier in the day, telling the press, there are "very big egos involved,