Vladimir Putin is a "cold-blooded manipulator" who will never befriend his US counterpart, Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor has warned, despite reports recently emerging that Putin and

President Donald Trump has ramped up his criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin as the country unleashes intensifying strikes against Ukraine. The president’s rhetoric has taken a harsh turn against Putin after Russia launched some of its largest-ever strikes against Ukraine,

When President Donald Trump spoke last week by telephone with Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader committed to drafting and sending what he described as a “memorandum of peace” in the coming days laying out Russian requirements for a ceasefire with Ukraine,