The U.S. president says the onus is on Russia and Ukraine, not Washington, to end the war, according to a report.

Donald Trump promised voters he'd end the Russia-Ukraine war on Day 1 thanks, in part, to his relationship with Putin. But months into his term, peace remains elusive.

It was reckless’The body had more than 300 staffers under Democratic President Joe Biden, but even before the recent firings under Trump was considerably less than half the size of Biden's NSC. The staffers who are cut from the agency will be moved to other positions in government,

Ukraine insists on a broad international format for possible negotiations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, stated Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

The US and European leaders are placing their hopes in the Vatican to engage Russia and Ukraine in peace talks, after President Donald Trump said Pope Leo XIV had expressed interest in the idea. The Kremlin isn’t so keen.