Vladimir Putin praised North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine as “heroic” in a letter to Kim Jong-un, North Korean state media reported Friday.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has landed at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska, where he will meet with Donald Trump for the first time in Trump's current US presidential term. Source: European Pravda Details: The Kremlin leader's aircraft made a stop in Magadan in Russia's Far East on its way from western Russia and has now landed in Anchorage.

After leaving Alaska, Trump says he would prefer to "go directly to a peace agreement" to end the war in Ukraine, rather than a temporary ceasefire.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine after talks in Alaska on Friday, as the two leaders offered scant details on what was discussed but heaped praise on one another.

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By MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin didn’t reach a deal to end Russia’s war in

The meeting between the U.S. president and the Russian leader didn’t appear to yield any breakthroughs.

Fox News senior strategic analyst Ret. Gen. Jack Keane discusses the Russia-Ukraine war, the meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin and more on 'The Story.'

Belarus and Russia are scheduled to conduct a joint four-day military exercise in September, a move that has put NATO and Ukrainian officials on high alert.