The Kremlin says a settlement in Ukraine can’t be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices as U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested

Moscow believes it has the resources and manpower to withstand at least another year of the conflict.

Russia is "very closely monitoring all the rhetoric" from Washington, a Kremlin spokesperson said, after President Donald Trump threatened to impose new sanctions unless Russia ends its war against Ukraine. "We don't see any new elements here," Dimitry Peskov, the spokesperson, said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON — President Trump will wage a financial war on Russia to force an end to its invasion of Ukraine — after years of former President Joe Biden funding Kyiv’s military has failed to halt the bloody conflict, the commander-in-chief’s Ukraine envoy said.

Expectations are high that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump will soon hold a phone call to discuss the conflict, after the Republican pledged on the campaign trail to bring a swift end to the fighting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to hold a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump and Moscow is waiting for word from Washington that it is ready too, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to talk to US counterpart Donald Trump but is waiting for signals from Washington first, the Kremlin said on Friday, fuelling expectations the two would be in contact.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to talk to US counterpart Donald Trump but is waiting for signals from Washington first, the Kremlin said on Friday, fuelling expectations the two would be

President Donald Trump, on a visit Friday to hurricane-ravaged western North Carolina, said he would condition aid to California following the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area, which he’s set to view later today.

In an interview with Russian state television, Putin praised Trump as a “clever and pragmatic man” who is focused on US interests.

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