#PEACE DEAL

The US president also said Russia would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine.

UPDATE: Trump says he could end war in Ukraine within weeks

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he could end the war in Ukraine within weeks, adding that the United States was close to a minerals deal with Kyiv.

Viktor Orbán earlier this year embarked on a self-styled ‘peace-mission,' and visited Putin in Moscow, angering many in Brussels. Photos: Sefa Karacan/ PAP

Ukraine’s ‘destructive stance’ blocking peace, Putin tells Orban

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that Ukraine’s “destructive stance” is blocking the “possibility of a peaceful resolution” to the war.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) in Baku, Azerbaijan on August 19, 2024. Photo by Azerbaijani Presidency via Getty Images

Putin visits Azerbaijan to strengthen ties with Baku amid regional tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Azerbaijan to meet his counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, as part of a two-day state visit that aims to strengthen ties with the country, the Kremlin said, amid peace talks aiming to resolve a conflict between Baku and Yerevan.

Photo: PAP/EPA/XINHUA / Li Xueren

Orbán meets Chinese President Xi Jinping amid controversial peace mission

Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister, has met President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing just days after meeting Vladimir Putin as part of a self-declared peace mission to end the Ukraine-Russia war.