The Kremlin said that in Tuesday’s video call with Xi, Putin emphasized that their relations are based on shared interests, equality and mutual benefits.

Trump has offered little insight into how he intends to fulfill his campaign pledge to end the fighting between Russia and Ukraine.

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever.

In one of many executive orders, signed on his first day back in office, the president says he wants to end "so-called diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA)" inside the government.

Trump returned to the White House on Monday, issuing a flurry of executive orders. But he also clarified that securing a peace deal to end the almost three-long conflict in Eastern Europe was a key priority.

The head of Russia's $23 billion sovereign wealth fund praised U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying his raft of orders showed that decisive leadership could change the course of history, boost growth and open opportunities for dialogue.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated United States President-elect Donald Trump on his inauguration and told him that Moscow was "open for dialogue" with the new administration over the Russia-Ukraine war.

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

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.

Peace deal with Putin would require 200,000 European troops, says Zelensky - Russia will return to Europe with an army 10 times the size of that which invaded Ukraine in 2022, Zelensky warns

The nationalist leader, one of US President Donald Trump’s and Moscow’s closest partners in the European Union, blasted Kyiv for its decision to halt Russian gas transit to Central Europe.