Russia's Foreign Minister has delieverd a crushing blow to Trump and Zelensky before the planned summit with Vladimir Putin in Budapest.

Vladimir Putin faces a logistical problem in traveling to the Donald Trump meeting in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss ending the Ukraine war.

The proposed summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has been called off, with the US president saying he did not want a “wasted meeting”. The White House has been reportedly left dismayed by Moscow’s refusal to budge on the Ukraine war,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans are on hold for President Donald Trump to sit down with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to talk about resolving the war in Ukraine, according to a U.S. official. The meeting had been announced last week. It was supposed to take place in Budapest, although a date had not been set.

The Polish foreign minister said he could not guarantee that Russian President Vladimir Putin's plane would not be forced to land.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had hoped to secure Tomahawk cruise missiles in a meeting with Trump last week. However, after a phone call with Putin, Trump called on Kyiv and Moscow to 'stop where they are' in the war, which has lasted more than three years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again trying to seize through political backchanneling what he has failed to capture by force. According to the Financial Times (FT), Putin once again is trying to entice U.

Kremlin tyrant Vladimir Putin “is in a weak position” and fearful that the US will finally send Ukraine some Tomahawk missiles that can cut deep into Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky