During their conversation, envoy Steve Witkoff mentioned that Trump "was clearly touched" by the portrait, describing it as "beautiful."

We continue to work on developing relations with the USA and achieving potential peace in Ukraine, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov when asked about US President Donald Trump's statement that he is "angry" with Vladimir Putin for questioning the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russian President Vladimir Putin remains open to contacts with US President Donald Trump after the latter's threats, the Kremlin said. Meanwhile, Russia attacked the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine.

The Kremlin said that Russia and the US were working on ideas for a possible peace settlement in Ukraine and on building bilateral ties despite US President Donald Trump saying that he was angry with Vladimir Putin.

US President Donald Trump has been gifted a new portrait from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin - while decrying an existing painting of him as "truly the worst". The new portrait has not been shown publicly.

It’s once again become abundantly clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin is the one holding all the cards when it comes to his official relationship with President Donald Trump. The Russian leader was an hour late for his phone call with Trump on Tuesday – didn't seem at all bothered at the prospect of making the President of the United States wait.

The Kremlin said Monday that President Vladimir Putin “remains open” to speaking with Donald Trump after the U.S. president expressed frustration over stalled ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine. Trump,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again shown that he's the one in control of his dealings with President Donald Trump ... and noting that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had indicated Putin's call with Trump was set for before 6 p.m. Reports ...