Flattery and pressure — coupled with President Trump’s growing dissatisfaction with President Vladimir V. Putin — have helped build momentum for new economic punishments.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine early Thursday for the second time in two days.

U.S. President Donald Trump has voiced frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the intensification of attacks.

The U.S. secretary of state met with his Russian counterpart on the sidelines of a gathering of Southeast Asian nations, where he also defended new U.S. tariff threats.

Trump’s decision to help Ukraine fight an onslaught of Russian attacks reverses a Pentagon decision to withhold defensive weapons.

An audio recording from 2024 run by CNN in which Trump said he had threatened Putin with bombing Moscow if he entered Ukraine, plus the U.S. leader's latest criticism, could mean a tougher stance by Washington toward Moscow is on the cards.

President Trump is now signaling possible support for a tough, bipartisan Russia sanctions bill, but only if it’s amended to give him “complete” and unconditional waiver authority. -The “Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, just days after President Donald Trump expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin for not engaging in peace talks with Ukraine,

Trump said at a Cabinet meeting that he was "not happy" with Putin, who he forcefully criticized for a second day in a row.

Hours after Pres. Trump railed against Vladimir Putin, saying "he’s very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless," Russia unleashed more than 700 drones into Ukraine.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

CBS News has obtained audio of President Trump from May 2024, where he recounts a chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine and the possibility of the U.S. bombing Moscow if a war ensues.