But in recent weeks, the relationship has begun to show signs of strain.

The former CIA Director said Vladimir Putin's ultimate aim was not just holding four partially occupied Ukrainian provinces and annexed Crimea - but toppling President Volodymyr Zelensky and seizing control of the entire country.

The White House now faces the question of whether its appeasement of Russia has failed to achieve the ceasefire it promised and instead emboldened the Kremlin on the battlefield.

The United States told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that its proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine was "Russia's best possible outcome" and President Vladimir Putin should take the deal.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again appealed to the U.S. to apply more pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin in pursuit of peace talks to end Moscow's war.

Charlamagne tha God says President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s growing rift could lead to the “end of civilization as we know it.” “I’ve been watching those exchanges, you know,

President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia.