An alleged daughter once hidden from public view has broken her silence by directly denouncing her 'father', Vladimir Putin, for the destruction he wrought across millions of lives in Ukraine

"Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this month.

President Trump said that he and Russia's Vladimir Putin made progress in talks to end the war in Ukraine, but the two leaders did not announce any steps toward reaching a ceasefire.

Former President John F. Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg is mocking Melania Trump over her letter to Vladimir Putin. On Friday, Aug. 15, President Donald Trump hand delivered a ‘peace letter’ to the President of Russia written by his wife in which she raised concerns about abducted children from the war in Ukraine,

Speaking after Friday’s summit, President Putin again implied that the war is all about Russia’s diminished status since the fall of the Soviet Union.

At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

President Donald Trump shakes the hand of Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. P resident Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday in their high-stakes summit seeking a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war,

President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and key European leaders are scheduled to meet at the White House on Monday afternoon to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine.