His inauguration speech was loudest in its silence on Ukraine. But hours later, US President Donald Trump laid bare – in a trademark casual, rambling fashion – his position over the war in Ukraine. And it was tougher on the Kremlin than you might expect.

President-elect Donald Trump says that he is ready to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the meeting is being arranged, though he gave no timeline for when it might take place.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on taking office hours before Trump's inauguration in Washington and said he was open to dialogue with the new U.S. administration on Ukraine and nuclear arms.

The new US president made the comments as Russia was hit by a huge Ukranian drone strike - with reports of a 250-kilogram bomb exploding on a military factory with 4,300 employees

The Russian president stressed he was open to dialogue with the new US administration on Ukraine and nuclear arms

China and Russia vow to elevate relationship as US president issues executive orders on domestic and global issues and delays TikTok ban.

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated that he expects to speak with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “very soon” as he once again called for an end game in the nearly three-year-old Russian invasion of Ukraine, and claimed that the conflict would have never happened had he been the President.

President Trump failed to reciprocate those remarks, lambasting Putin in an unprecedented show of disapproval. The New York Times reports that on Monday, Trump commented on the war in Ukraine, saying Putin is “destroying Russia [by wagging the war]... he’s not doing so well... that’s no way to run a country.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping has held a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin via video link, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The talks came hours after US President Donald Trump returned to the White House and said he would meet Putin “very soon”.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is ready to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin anytime, but at the same time warned that he wo