Donald Trump's decisions to halt U.S. military aid and the sharing of intelligence with Ukraine could have "catastrophic" ramifications, said Simon Schama.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin hailed expanding ties with ally Myanmar at talks with its military junta chief on Tuesday and thanked him for gifting Moscow six elephants.

FIRSTPOST: United States President Donald Trump is reportedly seeking to lift some sanctions against Russia in what would be a major diplomatic and economic move towards more friendly ties with Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Darchiev, a veteran diplomat known in the past for public denunciations of the West, as ambassador to the United States on Thursday to lead a rapprochement that has stunned Ukraine and European countries.

Is the latest Russian attack in Ukraine a sign Putin doesn't want peace or a signal he's planning for it? We ask one of Putin's top allies. And we speak to the Maltese Eurovision entry under fire for the C word.

Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a staunch supporter of Ukraine, asserts that "real Republicans know that Putin’s Russia hates the West and freedom."

The Kremlin said on Thursday that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's view that the Ukraine conflict is a proxy war between the United States and Russia is in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin's own assessment.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Badra Gunba, the newly elected President of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, during a meeting in Moscow, Russia,. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylyov/Pool via REUTERS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would continue supplying electricity to the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia at a meeting in the Kremlin on Wednesday with its leader Badra Gunba.

Vladimir Putin appeared to ignore Donald Trump’s threat to impose sanctions on Russia on Friday and launched deadly attacks across Ukraine. The US president told the Russian leader to stop “pounding” Ukraine or face serious sanctions last week,