Despite President Trump’s demands that Russia halt attacks on Ukraine soon, Putin still believes time is on his side.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow hoped for more peace talks with Ukraine but that the momentum of the war was in its favour, signalling no shift in his stance despite a looming sanctions deadline from Washington.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin indirectly responded to criticism from US President Donald Trump, saying he has "inflated expectations", the BBC Russian Service reports. During a meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko,

President Donald Trump said his foreign envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Russia in the coming days as the president calls for to an end to the conflict in Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump has threatened Russian leader Vladimir Putin with sanctions if no agreement to end the war is reached by 8 August. Source: Trump during a briefing in the Oval Office Details: Commenting on the aftermath of the large-scale Russia strike on Kyiv on the night of 30-31 July,

President Donald Trump is making new threats in his trade war, promising a 25% tariff on India’s exports to the US starting Aug. 1. He also threatened an additional penalty over the country’s energy purchases from Russia.

President Donald Trump is moving steadily and pointedly to making a shutdown of Vladimir Putin’s war machine a core goal of his tariff initiatives — with his tough talk on India just the latest sign.

US President Donald Trump once again mounted a sharp attack on India and Russia for their close ties and said that the two countries can take their "dead economies down together". The US president's fresh criticism of New Delhi and Moscow came hours after announcing 25 per cent tariffs against India,