A contentious meeting between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine produced no obvious progress toward a cease-fire.

Russia said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio came to no agreement on a meeting during phone talks, casting a shadow over preparations for a planned summit between their presidents aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

Poland has issued a bold warning to President Vladimir Putin, threatening to shoot down his plane if it enters Polish airspace ahead of a planned summit with Donald Trump in Budapest. Citing the 2023 ICC arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Ukraine,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited to ask President Trump for more military aid as the war with Russia persists.

Direct conflict between Russia and NATO was once unthinkable, but preparations and defense spending have been stepped up in nervous Baltic states.

Zelenskyy was in Washington to make his case for America’s Tomahawk cruise missiles and other military assets.

Russia and Iran are deepening their political, military, and energy ties, strengthening their partnership amid rising tensions.