U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday a meeting was being set up between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Republican offered no timeline for talks between the two leaders.

Russia was once again in flames today as a suspected Ukrainian drone strike' devastated a chemical plant in Vladimir Putin ’s home city of St Petersburg, leaving a "pillar of fire". Huge repeated explosions were heard at the facility in Gatchina - which makes acetone that can be used for military explosives and rocket fuel.

Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad were allegedly communicating before rebels took over the Syrian government in December.

The Russian president celebrated his 50th birthday at a winery in Moldova. After the invasion of Ukraine, it moved the bottles he was given away from public view.

Donald Trump has revealed that a meeting is being arranged between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The incoming US president gave no timeline for when the head-to-head might take place but has previously promised to end the war in Ukraine ‘in 24 hours’.

An Assad official claims Putin betrayed his ally by promising support that never came.

Sweeping Western sanctions against Russia have made AI chips a challenge to obtain.

We have to get that war over with. That’s a bloody mess,” says U.S. president-elect about the Russian ruler’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Trump, who will be inaugurated on January 20, has repeatedly said he can bring a swift end to the nearly three-year war between Russia and Ukraine.

Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort, the incoming US president claimed talks with Russia over the Ukraine war were in the works - and shared his thoughts on a friendly exchange with political rival Barack Obama on Thursday.