Kyiv is launching air raids deep into Russia with a small number of drones seeking to find holes in Putin's air defences

Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces that featured practice missile launches

Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, on Friday confirmed that he was in the United States for a long-planned meeting, proof he said that U.

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President Donald Trump canceled his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, due to insufficient progress toward peace negotiations, the White House said.

At least six people were killed overnight, shortly after the American president announced that he did not "want to have a waste of time" holding a summit with the Russian leader.

The postponement of Donald Trump’s much-anticipated summit with Vladimir Putin in Budapest had seemed to confirm all his critics’ fears. At the White House on Tuesday, the president explained that he did not want a “wasted meeting”.

The attack comes as US President Donald Trump said his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was on hold.