The U.S. president lashed out at the Kremlin on Tuesday as the White House continued to consider increasing sanctions against Russia.

After a phone call Monday between Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Trump appears to be walking away from negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

ASPI Senior Analyst Malcolm Davis discusses US President Donald Trump’s current position on the war in Ukraine.

The election of an American president who wanted to act as a Ukraine broker rather than a Ukraine backer was seen as an opportunity to disrupt the status quo and stop the bloodshed. But effective wartime diplomacy requires applying the right amount of leverage—sticks and carrots—on the right parties,

President Trump has shifted his stance on the Russia-Ukraine war, suggesting that the two nations must independently negotiate peace. Despite earlier promises to broker a quick resolution and threats of sanctions,

Trump could read Putin like a book, if only he reread his own. Instead, the president has mismanaged the Ukraine peace negotiations and Putin has benefitted.

President Trump stepped back from his demands for an immediate 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine following calls with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, instead suggesting

Trump's erratic Ukraine policy has empowered Putin, confusing allies and undermining U.S. credibility while escalating the conflict.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

This week's prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine was the largest since the war’s onset. But skepticism of a lasting truce, and President Trump’s peace-making, remains. Bridget Brink resigned as ambassador to Ukraine in April,

A nine-year-old child has been killed and a teenager sustained injuries after Russia struck Ukraine 's Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight. Governor Ivan Fedorov wrote this morning that one house was destroyed, while several other houses, cars, and outbuildings were damaged by the air raid on Ukraine's southern region.