For months, President Donald Trump resisted calls to slap new sanctions on Russia, believing he could end the war in a deal with Vladimir Putin — including with a quick peace summit in the coming weeks in Budapest.

Russia’s top economic envoy has arrived in the United States for “official” talks just days after President Donald Trump announced tough new sanctions on Russia, sources with knowledge of the visit have told CNN.

LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in London on Friday for talks with two dozen European leaders who have pledged military help to shield his country from future Russian aggression if a ceasefire stops the more than three-year war.

Five people, including one child, were injured as a result of a drone attack on the Moscow region, governor Andrei Vorobyov said on Friday.

Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special presidential representative for investment and economic cooperation, is flying to Florida to meet with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, a White House official confirmed to POLITICO.

The military relationship between Russia and North Korea will “advance non-stop,” according to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

A residential building was damaged in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, amid a drone attack overnight on Oct. 24, local authorities claimed.

As a Ukrainian, I’ve seen firsthand how Russia has learned to emulate American soft power for authoritarian ends.