“How can any such (summit) meetings be conducted in such circumstances? What shall we talk about?” Putin asked in a video call with top Russian officials.
Ukraine drone strikes on Russia: The Ukrainian security official revealed that the drone strikes took over 18 months of planning and were being directly overseen by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov told reporters that the visit will be part of a “good tradition,” in which Xi visits Moscow to attend celebrations of Russia's defeat over Nazi Germany in May 1945, and Putin travels to China to attend events marking the Allied defeat of Japan
Russia mounted a "massive" missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight that also wounded seven people, Zelensky said, warning that Moscow was stepping up its aerial barrage of his country.
Speaking to Russian state media, Sergei Ryabkov said a possible Putin-Trump summit could involve broad talks on global issues, not just the war in Ukraine.
Answering questions from reporters upon arrival in New Orleans, Biden said he has been briefed every four to five hours for the last six to eight days on Ukraine’s action.
"We have a very well established arrangement of bilateral summits with the Russian Federation. Twenty-one such meetings have happened so far," external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
The Prime Minister also said he is looking forward to further fortify bilateral ties between the two nations and keep working ahead on the time-tested special & privileged strategic partnership between India and Russia
Russia's state-run Tass news agency reported that Putin's remarks came in the wake of the statements by some leaders who said they were shaken by the ongoing aggression in Ukraine.
Under the amendments that he approved, only journalists contractually employed by registered media outlets will be allowed to cover election commission meetings, potentially barring freelancers and independent journalists.
Putin praised India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and backed India’s inclusion in a reformed United Nations Security Council, in a grievance-filled speech at an annual discussion forum.
Earlier this year, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan traveled to Saudi Arabia for talks that also included Indian and UAE representatives on the topic
The Russian leader is the target of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant -- a provision that Pretoria as an ICC member would be expected to implement were he to set foot in the country.
"This war must be settled... through negotiations and through diplomatic means," said Ramaphosa.
"The European Union initiated a geopolitical confrontation with Russia, initiated confrontation with our country," Putin said
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Mariupol, the Kremlin said on March 19, his first visit to territory captured from Ukraine since the start of Moscow's invasion. The visit triggered an angry reaction from Ukraine, with a presidential aide blasting its "cynicism" and "lack of remorse".
Russian President Vladimir Putin made the surprise visit to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol -- the scene of some of the worst devastation of his year-old invasion -- a day after being accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court.
Melvyn Levitsky talks about the Ukraine war and how a settlement could be reached, and Russia’s future relations with the United States and Europe.
Putin emphasised in Tuesday’s speech that Russia was only suspending, not terminating, its participation in the treaty.
Biden proclaimed "unwavering” support for Kyiv and a commitment to bolstering NATO’s eastern flank facing Russia, while rejecting Moscow’s contention that the West was plotting to attack Russia.
The move, which could potentially change the course of the war, came after the US agreed to shift its earlier stance and send 30 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
Russian troops must hold fire for 36 hours from 1200 on Jan. 6, the Kremlin said.
“We are ready to negotiate with all the participants in this process about some acceptable outcomes, but this is their business — it’s not we who refuse negotiations but they,” Putin told an interviewer on state television in Russia.
"Of course we will destroy it, 100 percent!" Putin said.
Putin told a news conference on Monday that Ukrainian drones had used the same marine corridors that grain ships transited under the U.N.-brokered deal.