Vladimir Putin

Russia has not yet said who it will send to Istanbul on Thursday and has refused to respond to ultimatums.

"I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday. Personally," the Ukrainian leader writes after Trump urged him to "have the meeting, now!"

This was clearly his response to the ultimatum set by European leaders in Kyiv, the BBC's Russia Editor writes.

Neither Putin nor Zelensky want to be seen by Trump as the obstacle to peace, writes Frank Gardner.

Putin used his speech to tie Russia's three-year war in Ukraine to the war against Nazi Germany 80 years ago.

The relationship between China and Russia is no longer one of equals.

BC Monitoring's Russia Editor Vitaly Shevchenko reflects on the Victory Day spectacle in Moscow.

The Russian president welcomed 27 world leaders to the event in Red Square.