The White House Tuesday said there were “no plans” for President Donald Trump to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin “in the immediate future,” less than a week after Trump said they would meet in Budapest “within two weeks or so” for Ukraine peace talks.

EXCLUSIVE – Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is teasing a series of votes punishing Russia for the war in Ukraine, calling legislation that cleared a key Senate panel this week part of a “toolbox” of options meant to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.

Ukraine's president left DC without the missiles he hoped for, but he said he's 'ready' to attend Trump's proposed U.S.-Russia summit in Budapest.

Donald Trump shared on Truth Social that he'll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the next few weeks to discuss ending the Ukraine War

Donald Trump hit Russia's two biggest oil companies with sanctions in his latest sharp policy shift on Moscow's war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin denied Tuesday that it was holding up President Donald Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine, and insisted it had not changed its demands ahead of possible talks. Trump had announced that Russia and the United States' top diplomats would meet this week, with his own summit with Vladimir Putin to follow in Budapest, Hungary.

Below, you’ll find a digest of news reports from October 20, 2025, in Russian and English. The sections below, titled in song lyrics, are (1) police and legal matters in Russia, (2) demographic-themed developments inside Russia,

President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday thatthe Donbas region of Ukraine should be “cut up," leaving most of it in Russian hands, to end the war.