President Trump on Thursday promised “interesting times ahead” as he raised the prospect of Ukraine launching an offensive against Russia, amid signs that the Kremlin could be slow-walking progress on a peace deal.

President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to offer a rationale for Ukraine to go on offense against Russia, notable rhetoric as the momentum around peace talks has stalled.

Stephen A. Smith argued that Democratic presidents Biden, Obama and Clinton are responsible for the Russia-Ukraine war breaking out, not Trump, during his podcast on Monday.

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters.

Russia said Wednesday attempts to resolve security issues relating to Ukraine without Moscow's participation were a "road to nowhere," and that much diplomatic work needs to be done before Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are ever in the same room.

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Tufta' Fletcher School's Monica Duffy Toft and AEI's James Pethokoukis, join 'The Exchange' to discuss their expectations from President's Trump-Zelenskyy's meeting at the White House.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to analyze President Donald Trump’s White House meeting with prominent European leaders on efforts to end the Ukraine war.

Military chiefs from the United States and a number of European countries have completed military options on Ukraine and will now present the options to their respective national security advisers, the U.