Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelensky has accused Russia of "doing everything it can" to prevent a meeting with Vladimir Putin to try to end the war. US President Donald Trump has sought to bring the two leaders together, but he said on Friday "that's like oil and vinegar... they don't get along too well".

Russia’s top diplomat said in an interview released on Friday that “there is no meeting planned” between President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. It was the Kremlin’s most direct declaration yet that a summit the White House suggested was imminent was nowhere close to materializing.

Contrary to the expectations of US President Donald Trump, Moscow currently sees no basis for a direct meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky when the agenda is ready for a summit,

Trump then blamed former President Joe Biden for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on his watch, and for at times not allowing Ukraine to use U.S. arms to strike within Russian territory. “Joe Biden would not let Ukraine FIGHT BACK, only DEFEND,” Trump claimed.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a profoundly negative impact on Ukraine, as well as on the global food, financial, and energy markets.

A ceremony for North Korean soldiers in Pyongyang marked just the second time Kim Jong Un has publicly acknowledged the regime’s role in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony in Pyongyang to award state honors to soldiers returning from combat in Ukraine and to mourn those killed. According to South Korean assessments, North Korea has sent an estimated 15,