A Republican congressman has praised First Lady Melania Trump for making her husband realize he’d been played by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he was “glad” to see President Donald Trump shift course on pressuring Russia over its war in Ukraine in an interview on NewsNation’s The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt,

Russia’s president declared this recession will not stand. Like a comic-book villain — melodramatic and delusional — Vladimir Putin seems convinced saying something makes it true. But the

Putin ‘open to peace’ despite intensifying bombardment of Ukraine - At least 57 Russian Iranian-made Shahed drones were launched at Ukraine overnight, according to officials

Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “pathological fixation” on preventing Ukraine from joining NATO, a direct Russian attack on the alliance is highly unlikely. -The war in Ukraine has exposed the Russian military’s significant weaknesses and its limited ability to project power,

The President toughens his stance with more arms for Ukraine.

During a presidential primary debate in 2016, Donald Trump fawned over Vladimir Putin. Trump stated, "We were both on 60 Minutes; we were stablemates."

Trump agrees to sell billions in US arms to NATO countries including Germany, Finland and Denmark and others for quick distribution to Ukraine, following his ultimatum to Putin on peace talks.

Russia has responded to President Trump’s new hardline Ukraine policy with a mix of defiance and veiled threats. -While Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the US ultimatum “very serious,” former president Dmitry Medvedev was more belligerent,