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President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, said he is “very optimistic” that the United States will be able to broker a full ceasefire and ultimately a peace deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, a top security official and former defense minister, arrived in North Korea on Friday, the second high-level contact between the two countries since Russian strongman Vladimir Putin held an hours-long phone conversation with American President Donald Trump this week.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a “very good telephone call” with Ukrainian President Voloydymr Zelensky, following up on his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin the previous day.

MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said Wednesday on “Morning Joe” that President Donald Trump was attempting to “disappear people” with the deportation of hundreds of Venezuelans from the United States to El Salvador.

We need to talk. That was the message delivered Wednesday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirming he plans to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump to hear more about his call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to an immediate ceasefire on infrastructure and energy in the Ukraine War. 

President Trump agreed in principle to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s proposal of a series of hokey games between the U.S. and Russia.

Russia may be trying a new vector into American relations, with an approach to Elon Musk by the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund.

The disgraced, far-left Associated Press’s latest lying piece of fake news involves spreading the blatant falsehood that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard described President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin as “very good friends.”

Trump scheduled to speak to his Russian counterpart for two hours on Tuesday as they seek an answer to a potential ceasefire in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump will be having Ukraine war peace talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday this week, he confirmed.

US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week, officials said on Sunday, as Washington and Kyiv’s European allies press Moscow to accept a ceasefire in the three-year war.

The top U.S. and Russian diplomats discussed Saturday the “next steps” to end the war in Ukraine, hours after Kyiv’s allies agreed to exert pressure on Moscow.

The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin sent some “additional signals” to Donald Trump concerning Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Trump moves to prevent “horrible massacre”, calling Moscow talks “productive” but “strongly” calling on Putin to stop fighting immediately.

Deligation spoke personally with Putin about ceasefire and next step is a call directly between President Trump and Putin, the Kremlin said.

Trump cautiously welcomed Putin saying he accepted precepts of ceasefire, but Zelensky warns Moscow biding to derail talks altogether. 

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s openness to a ceasefire proposal negotiated by the United States is “very promising.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he agrees in principle with a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, qualifying his affirmation by noting a host of terms and conditions are still to be determined to ensure any lasting peace.

Ukraine ceasefire talks underway, but signalling country won’t accede easily a senior Putin ally publicly rubbished the proposed terms.

U.S. diplomats arrived Moscow Thursday morning for Ukraine ceasefire talks, with possible call between Trump and Putin to follow. 

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports” that President Donald Trump was “destroying” both the rule of law and the world order.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it awaits a briefing from U.S. officials on the details of a 30-day ceasefire proposal.

MSNBC contributor Claire McCaskill said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that President Donald Trump’s comments about Canada were “batshit crazy.”

President Donald Trump said he expects to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week now that Ukraine has accepted a potential ceasefire deal negotiated by the U.S., which is contingent on Russia also agreeing to it.

Ukraine has agreed to an immediate 30-day ceasefire negotiated by the United States if Russia also accepts the plan, officials announced Tuesday.

Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) said Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that President Donald Trump was playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Ukraine conflict.

Russia said a partial or temporary ceasefire in its war on Ukraine would be “unacceptable” and launched a massive attack on infrastructure.

France responds to Kremlin insults, which compared Macron to both Napoleon and Hitler, calling Putin in turn Hitler and an “Imperialist”. 

Kremlin poured scorn on the French Prez after his speech, accusing of everything from duplicity, to nuclear sabre-rattling, to bad manners.

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) has introduced legislation to ban the display of foreign flags on U.S. Capitol grounds, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) claimed Tuesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that it is “disgusting” that President Donald Trump is not standing with democracies like Ukraine.

Politicians in Britain and Europe flew into a complete meltdown after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a suspension of American aid to Ukraine, with some going so far as to suggest the leader of the free world is a “traitor” and a “Russian asset”.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for refusing to resign after Zelensky dismissed Graham’s previous comments calling for him to resign in the aftermath of his meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he disagreed with Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) suggestion that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky should step down.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he believes someone other than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should lead his nation.