Kremlin spokesman shoots back at Trump's suggestion that Russia is "a paper tiger," declaring: "There are no paper bears. And Russia is a real bear."

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said after meeting Vladimir Putin on Friday that the Russian leader would announce a "very good proposal" for ending the war in Ukraine that he said was broadly backed by the United States.

President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he was open to getting rid of or reducing the U.S.-applied restrictions on how Ukraine uses long-range, U.S.-made weapons, according to a new report.

ANALYSIS: Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine was "in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form" — a notable shift appearing to reflect growing frustration with Russia.

The Turkish president is in Washington and seeking deals on defence and energy worth tens of billions of US dollars.

President Trump said Ukraine is "in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form" — a shift that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said took him by surprise.

The US president criticised Putin after the Danish prime minister considered the possibility of Russian involvement in recent drone activity at Copenhagen airport

The BBC's Steve Rosenberg says far from being riled by Trump's comments, Russia's response has so far been restrained.