Putin Tells U.S. He’ll Halt War in Exchange for Eastern Ukraine

The threat of more U.S. sanctions jump-started stalled peace talks but might not produce a deal to halt the fighting.

The Russian president has offered “concrete examples” of conditions for peace, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.

President Trump has expressed increasing frustration with the Russian leader in recent weeks over Moscow’s unwillingness to bring the Ukraine war to an end.

The U.S. president said he would give Russia’s Vladimir Putin 10 or 12 days to reach a cease-fire with Ukraine or face more economic pressure from the U.S.

The president’s remarks during a cabinet meeting were the latest sign of his growing displeasure with the Russian leader.

Back-channel contacts, direct diplomacy and a multibillion-dollar weapons deal helped align the U.S. and Europe on arming Ukraine.

“I got rid of him by asking for a business card and a company name, and he bugged out.”

Nina Silverstein, who died this year at 103, owned a three-bedroom co-op in the Emery Roth-designed Beresford building