When Russia invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022 , President Vladimir Putin incorrectly assumed it would be a swift takeover ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022 , President Vladimir Putin incorrectly assumed it would be a swift takeover . In fact, th ...

The president made the acknowledgment after speaking to the Russian leader this week but backed off on additional sanctions.

A flurry of diplomacy over Russia’s war against Ukraine, centered around the first direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow ...

The Russians are "trying to avoid giving anything because they are very, very hard-nosed negotiators," one analyst told NBC News.