President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with President Trump at the United Nations in September. Mr. Trump has blown hot and at times very cold on Kyiv.
President Trump said the deal “might involve all of Europe.” He indicated he had met with a Kremlin envoy whom Melania Trump hosted at the White House on Thursday.
Russia was linked to influence campaigns targeting Democrats that gained little traction, but the Kremlin may be more focused on France’s elections in the spring.
Red Square in Moscow in September. Current and former U.S. officials said they were unsure why Russia and Iran both appeared to engage in less meddling than in years past, including the 2024 election.
Hours after the Russian attack, which killed at least 31 and left dozens missing, the United States said that peace talks with the two countries would resume after nine months.
Police officers and rescuers on Tuesday carrying the body of a resident killed by a Russian bombing in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine the day before.
Journalists at the fiercely independent Novaya Gazeta, whose co-founder received the Nobel Peace Prize, said the government had orchestrated its demise.
The Nobel laureate Dmitri Muratov, second from left, with colleagues at Novaya Gazeta’s offices in Moscow last year. “We no longer have a home or money,” he said on Friday.