Russia is using the lure of arms control to improve the atmosphere for the Alaska summit with President Trump—and set the stage for potential nuclear talks that might follow. The New START treaty, which limits long-range U.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the United States was making "sincere efforts" to halt the war in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could agree a nuclear arms deal as part of a wider effort to strengthen peace.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the eve of a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that their countries might strike a new deal on nuclear weapons as part of a wider effort to strengthen peace.

Vladimir Putin has been preparing to test a new nuclear-armed cruise missile ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the U.S. administration was making "sincere efforts" to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could reach a deal on nuclear arms control.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he could be willing to make a nuclear deal with President Donald Trump just ahead of the two leaders' high-stakes talk in Alaska.

The high-stakes summit at the Anchorage Air Force base comes as the U.S. seeks a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war.

"Rhetoric sometimes turns into action in unpredictable ways," a former senior U.S. arms control official told Newsweek.

Russia is using the lure of arms control to improve the atmosphere for the Alaska summit with President Trump--and set the stage for potential nuclear talks that might follow. The New START treaty, which limits long-range U.

The West must not be cowed by Vladimir Putin, the head of Britain’s Armed Forces has warned ahead of Donald Trump’s high-stakes meeting with the Russian president.