President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn’t settle its war there soon — suggesting that he could be ready to increase the pressure on Vladimir Putin's government using a key weapons system.

The Kremlin will negotiate only if missiles and drones bring the pain of war home to Russians, Ukrainian officials say.

Russia launched its third large-scale aerial assault on Ukraine this month, with 465 drones and 32 missiles that primarily targeted the country’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine intercepted 420 projectiles,

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to focus on the search for a peace deal to end the fighting in Ukraine after achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and hoped he'd be able to push Kyiv towards a settlement.

As Russia rebuffs President Trump’s diplomatic push, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine plans to head again to the White House, this time seeking missiles.

Gould-Davies, a Senior Fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who has served as the U.K. ambassador to Belarus, wrote recently that foreign-policy setbacks and economic challenges have put Russia in a bind,

Almost 900 miles from Ukraine’s borders, a fire erupted at a Russian oil refinery on Saturday. The blaze – a result of a strike by Ukrainian long-range drones, according to sources in the country’s security services – was the third at the facility in the last month alone.

Exiled Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky and several other prominent Russian opposition figures have been accused by the country's Federal Security Service (FSB) of creating a "terrorist organization" and of plotting to violently seize power.

A representative of Ukraine's state-owned rail company said the attacks coincide with Russia's "dramatic increase" in drone production.