Putin also branded fears that Moscow is planning to invade another European nation 'ridiculous' and 'complete nonsense'.

The leak of the call to Bloomberg News has not gone down well in Russia, with the Kremlin calling it “unacceptable” and “clearly aimed” at hindering the peace talks. Donald Trump's brash negotiating style left many in Europe suspecting he wants a quick deal that forces Europeans to make it work and pay for it. All while the US profits.

Top European and Ukrainian envoys have met in Geneva ahead of talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio about President Donald Trump's proposal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

European leaders sought to buy time for Ukraine to work out a new ceasefire framework with Russia after the Trump administration set a one-week deadline to agree to terms that Kyiv and its allies rejected as an unacceptable giveaway to Moscow.

The EU’s new military mobility push is turning delayed infrastructure projects like Germany’s Murr Railway into potential defense assets, reshaping transport priorities across the continent.

Certainly, the latest rounds of American bargaining and pressure on Ukraine are the most substantial yet. “This isn’t another round of what we saw before,” says a Western diplomat in Kyiv. Those close to the talks speak of “serious progress” bringing some Ukrainian and Russian positions together.

The European Union’s defense chief has proposed deeper integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattl

Fox News senior strategic analyst Ret. Gen. Jack Keane discusses the potential for peace between Russia and Ukraine on ‘The Story.’

The prospect of a possible deal between Russia and Ukraine brokered by the U.S. sent European defense stocks lower again on Monday. Rheinmetall, Hensoldt and Renk all fell around 4%, with the Stoxx Europe aerospace and defense sector now down 14% from its early October peak,

Cracks have emerged in the continent on how to keep arming Ukraine without U.S. money and how to respond to an increasingly tense confrontation with Russia.