Vladimir Putin has been preparing to test a new nuclear-armed cruise missile ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska.

Donald Trump is sitting down with Zelensky and European leaders in Washington today. Here’s the plan they need to persuade him to follow.

Though Vladimir Putin has led Russia to a number of grisly military triumphs, they may have misled him when planning the invasion of Ukraine

But writing for The Telegraph, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin warned Nato allies against submitting to Moscow’s demands, and said: “Putin doesn’t want a war with Nato because he would lose. So we should not be cowed by his rhetoric or his campaign of sabotage, outrageous as it may be.”

Russia has been accused of preparing to test a new nuclear-armed missile just hours before Vladimir Putin will meet with Donald Trump to discuss the end of the Kremlin's war with Ukraine. Satellite images have shown that Russia's Pankavo nuclear test site has had an increase in activity in recent weeks.

How do you think the meeting in Alaska between Putin and Trump will go?” a commander of a mortar unit from Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade wrote to me a few days before Friday’s summit.

The frustration on President Trump's face after talks with Putin was something his presidential predecessors would have recognized.

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Putin’s remarks come a day after the G7 leaders agreed on an outline deal to provide $50 billion in loans to Ukraine, using the interest from Russian sovereign assets.

In the meantime, both Russians and the West would do well to follow Kara-Murza’s advice: “Putin can’t be allowed to win this war. Ukraine must win, and there should be more support from ...

A key ally of Vladimir Putin appeared to troll the West as he arrived in America wearing a Soviet Union sweatshirt. Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister wore a top bearing the logo “CCCP” as he emerged from his car in Alaska ahead of tonight’s summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.