Russia peace talks, the top Russian diplomat paid a visit to Turkey less than a week after the Ukrainian president's trip to Ankara.

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ankara on Tuesday, as Kyiv seeks to shore up its position in response to US-Russia talks.

Turkey said on Monday it was ready to host possible talks between Ukraine and Russia and would support any initiative leading to peace, following a visit to Ankara by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The U.S. Senate voted Monday to advance Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to become director of national intelligence. Many Democrats have opposed Gabbard’s nomination over her 2017 meeting with Syria’s then-leader Bashar al-Assad and past comments blaming NATO for Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint news conference following their meeting at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey,

Among the bombshells coming out of the Trump administration in its first month in office is the president’s demand that Ukraine pledge $500 billion worth of mineral resources to the United States in return for American support.

MACER Gifford’s mission was simple: clear Ukraine’s No Man’s Land of mines and find out everything he could about the Russians without getting killed. The Brit fighter crawled

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a trip to Ankara on Monday where he met with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss the evolving events in Syria as well as an end to the war in Ukraine.

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has dealt a significant blow to Russia’s ambitions in the Middle East. One way to achieve this is by supporting Ukraine’s efforts to build stronger ties in the Middle East.

Türkiye is ready to contribute to peace between Russia and Ukraine, the Turkish foreign minister said on Monday. In a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Hakan Fidan said that security guarantees are an issue that Ankara closely follows.

U.S. assistance for managing and securing camps in northeastern Syria with Islamic State-linked prisoners "cannot last forever," the acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Dorothy Shea, told the Security Council on Wednesday.