President Joe Biden's administration says it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important energy sector over its war in Ukraine.

Donald Trump will aim to end the war in Ukraine within 100 days of re-entering the White House, the president-elect's pick for special peace envoy has said, rather than the previous 24-hour timeline that had previously been set.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed what he said was Donald Trump’s “readiness to solve problems through dialogue.” The last U.S.-Russian summit was in 2021.

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he can "understand the Russians' feelings" about Joe Biden allegedly breaking a "deal" to deny Ukraine NATO membership. Source: Trump at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on 7 January,

Joe Biden is expected to unveil new sanctions targeting Russia's economy as part of measures to bolster Kyiv's war effort before Donald Trump takes office.

The Biden administration on Friday imposed its broadest package of sanctions yet targeting Russia's oil and gas revenues in an attempt to give Kyiv and the incoming administration of Donald Trump leverage to reach a deal for peace in Ukraine.

The Kremlin has been discussing Donald Trump's claims that a meeting between him and Vladimir Putin is being set up. Meanwhile, a supermarket in the Russian-held city of Donetsk is reportedly hit in a Ukrainian attack.

This refers to Putin's comments last month that he was willing to engage in dialogue with Trump but reiterated Moscow's demands which include fully occupying four Ukrainian regions—Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson rejecting of Ukraine's NATO membership.

Donald Trump should represent all Americans, not just his political supporters. He was elected president of the U.S., not president of Trump loyalists or president of the world.

Canadian cabinet ministers will discuss on Friday how they could retaliate if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on imports from Canada, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said.