President Donald Trump held a high-stakes call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the latest in a series of high-level meetings and negotiations as the Trump administration and international allies seek an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Republican lawmakers are urging President Trump to take a much tougher line against Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine, arguing that Putin is not serious about peace. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for more than two hours Monday, after the White House said the U.S. leader has grown ''frustrated" with the war in Ukraine. Trump planned a separate call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy in hopes of making progress toward a ceasefire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin remains perpetually just out of reach as the White House struggles in its efforts to bring the world leader to heel on his invasion of Ukraine. President Donald Trump appears undeterred in his efforts to get the Russian leader to the negotiating table even after the Kremlin dodged a proposal to

Donald Trump said after his call on Monday with President Vladimir Putin that Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations for a ceasefire, but the Kremlin said the process would take time and the U.

If Putin thinks he can win it all, why negotiate? Here are five takeaways from the call. Before the call, Trump had demanded an immediate, unconditional ceasefire. Ukraine had accepted. Putin had not,