Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indian media that Moscow would seize the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine “in any case,” including by military means, according to Russian state media, digging in on one of his key demands as Ukrainian officials prepare for another round of peace talks which have yet to yield a deal.

Vladimir Putin torpedoed Donald Trump's Moscow-pandering peace plan to end the war in Ukraine with the Russian leader keen to squeeze more concessions from the US President

The Trump administration, which crippled Russia’s oil sales to India with sanctions, will be watching Mr. Putin’s talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed without evidence that Russian forces have taken control of Ukrainian cities Pokrovsk and Vovchansk.

The U.S. Treasury has imposed a $7 million fine on a New York property management firm for allegedly violating Russia-related sanctions.

I have concluded that the operation to assassinate Sergei Skripal must have been authorized at the highest level, by President Putin,” UK Supreme Court judge Anthony Hughes said.

President Putin warned European powers on Tuesday that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of European powers would be so absolute that there would be no one left to even negotiate a peace deal.

Skripal and his adult daughter, Yulia, were left critically ill after touching their front doorknob, which was dabbed with the poison.

Jared Kushner, left, with Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff before their meeting at the Kremlin on Tuesday © Alexander Kazakov/Pool/AFP/. Donald Trump’s