Trump tells Putin ‘Keep fighting,’ Putin obliges, Hegseth invokes mettle of D-Day troops in Normandy, Trump’s Qatari AF1 may cost $400 million.

Ukraine’s bold attacks targeting key assets in Moscow’s war effort have struck a nerve with Russia – which launched another deadly missile and drone attack overnight. Bombs hit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv,

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Pope Leo for offering to help settle the Ukraine conflict and told him Kyiv is intent on "escalating" the war, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.