Christiane Amanpour speaks with Democratic senator from Michigan, Elissa Slotkin, about President Trump’s policy towards Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin and Trump discussed the Middle East, bilateral relations, Ukraine and a prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow.

Christiane Amanpour speaks with Democratic senator from Michigan, Elissa Slotkin, about President Trump's policy towards Ukraine.

President Donald Trump upended three years of U.S. policy toward Ukraine on Wednesday, saying that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war following a sudden prisoner swap.

Unlike Nixon and Kissinger’s gambit in the 1970s, the strategy threatens to divide the West.

Vladimir Putin has said that normal diplomatic ties have been restored between Russia and the United States. "The constant expulsion of diplomats from Washington and Moscow does not lead to anything good,

Kalob Byers, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen detained in Russia on drug smuggling charges, was freed ahead of talks between Washington and Moscow on ending the war in Ukraine.

Remarks by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are fueling concerns that the U.S. will move away from Europe and align with Moscow.

Trump has not met Xi or Putin since his inauguration last month. The Kremlin said that during a phone call on Wednesday, Putin told Trump that he was willing to meet US officials

The Moscow Exchange index surged the day after news emerged that Trump and Putin had spoken for more than an hour about the Ukraine war.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. could hit Moscow with sanctions and potential military action if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to a peace deal with Ukraine that guarantees Kyiv's long-term independence,