Silenced since the start of the war in Ukraine, former Russian liberals have hardened their rhetoric following the collapse of ceasefire negotiations. Once critical of the Kremlin, they now blame Europe,

President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff will travel next week to Moscow as momentum builds for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin’s top foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov confirmed there is a “preliminary agreement” for U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff to visit Moscow.

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and SAM MCNEIL A senior Kremlin official confirmed Wednesday that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit Moscow next week as efforts to find a consensus on ending the

Russia will make no big concessions on a peace plan for Ukraine, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday, after a leaked recording of a call involving U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff showed he had advised Moscow on how to pitch to Donald Trump.

Russian officials are denying any involvement in the leak of a phone call between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and the Kremlin.

A Russian air assault across Ukraine on Saturday killed at least two people and injured dozens more, according to the Ukrainian authorities.