Satellite imagery showed construction progress at Egypt’s first nuclear power plant, El-Dabaa, a Russian-built facility set to host four reactors. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el‑Sisi celebrated the installation of the first reactor pressure vessel at the plant, in a video-conference on Wednesday.

A Putin mouthpiece issued Europe a chilling threat, adding that Russia found the continent's response to Donald Trump's 28-point peace plan "amusing".

The Kremlin’s leader is standing back as Ukraine and Europe scramble to negotiate changes to a U.S. proposal to end the war.

President Trump said that he wants an answer from President Volodymyr Zelensky on his 28-point Ukraine plan by Thursday, but says an extension is possible to finalize terms.

Igor Sechin, one of the most influential men in Russia's energy sector, said on Tuesday that sanctions imposed by the United States, European powers and their allies on Russia and China will trigger an economic crisis in the West.

The road to a peace deal has been fraught with changing dynamics involving President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin insists he's in good health following a medical examination despite speculation about bruised hands and his physical condition.

An earlier proposed Trump-Putin summit in Hungary was scrapped when it became clear Russia would not agree to the U.S. president's demand for an immediate ceasefire in the Ukraine war.

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kirill Dmitriev has taken a leading role in talks with the U.S. about the Ukraine war and has met with special envoy Steve Witkoff several times this year.