President Vladimir V. Putin’s name was not on a list of Russian officials attending the potential talks.

As President Trump pushes to end the Russian invasion, two books look at the paramilitary Wagner Group and consider the shape of global conflict today.

The Kremlin brushed off the threat of further sanctions, saying that “the language of ultimatums is unacceptable.”

Ukraine’s leader is pushing for an immediate truce as European leaders say they would impose new sanctions on Moscow if the Russian president refused.

Russia’s president used the celebration of victory in World War II to highlight the resources he has to keep fighting in Ukraine.

On Saturday, the leaders of four major European powers — France, Germany, Britain and Poland — will travel to Kyiv in a display of European unity.