Putin set out the Kremlin's stance in the opening moments of his annual end-of-year press conference, a marathon event that typically runs for four hours.

Follow live updates from NBC News as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual year-end news conference on Ukraine, peace, war and Trump.

Europe’s aid should be enough for Ukraine to hold off Russia until its people come to their senses and rid themselves of Putin.

The Ukrainian president said "a lot can be decided before the New Year." Trump told Politico that Zelenskyy "doesn’t have anything until I approve it.”

During a press conference at the White House several months ago in August, Donald Trump ignorantly stated that Ukraine's border is "largely a thousand miles of ocean." Ukraine does indeed have a coastline,

President Trump on Sunday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Palm Beach, Fla., as talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war advance. Ahead of the meeting, Trump spoke with Russian

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow’s troops are advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine, voicing confidence that the Kremlin’s military goals will be achieved

Secretary Marco Rubio’s year-end appearance comes amid key meetings on Gaza and Russia-Ukraine in Miami on Friday and Saturday after a tumultuous year in U.S. foreign policy.

The Trump administration moved to within a stone's throw of guaranteeing Ukraine's security for decades to come in high-level talks over the weekend.