Ukraine had been aiming to hit a military target in the same region as the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s country residence, a source with knowledge of the matter told NBC News.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claimed in a phone call with President Donald Trump that Kyiv had attacked one of his official residences—a claim which Ukraine denied almost instantly. The Russian readout of the call said that Putin,

Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev praised U.S. President Donald Trump's "peace efforts" after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to the White House on Sunday.

President Donald Trump said he did not know about an alleged attempt to strike Vladimir Putin’s home overnight before saying he was actually told about it by the Russian president himself only hours earlier.

As peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are underway, North Carolina’s Thom Tillis joined other senators sending the warning to President Donald Trump after a Christmas attack.

President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago as the U.S. pushes to start the second phase of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Meanwhile, he also spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone,

Meanwhile, Russia intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s capital and elsewhere in the days before the Sunday meeting.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he and Zelenskiy were "maybe very close" ‍to an agreement to end the war although "thorny" territorial ​issues lingered. He was more