Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Vladimir Putin and sees him as a bigger obstacle to peace in Ukraine than Volodymyr Zelensky, according to sources.

Trump’s aggressive moves in Venezuela, Greenland and beyond stun the world, while Putin and the Kremlin hold an unusually cautious silence, signalling careful calculations at a time of rising global tensions.

For the Russian leader, courting President Trump to secure a favorable resolution in Ukraine, and possibly more, is far more important.

US President Donald Trump is becoming increasingly frustrated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and now sees him as a bigger obstacle to peace in Ukraine than President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Trump criticized the attack, saying it was made during a “delicate period of time,” but Ukraine denied having anything to do with the strike.

President Donald Trump said that U.S. national security officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week

Donald Trump has overseen a far more aggressive US foreign policy, starting the year with a military strike in Venezuela

Hours after Trump declares Russia and Ukraine "closer than ever" to peace, Moscow claims a failed drone strike will alter its negotiating position.

The US raid on Venezuela has exposed the limits of ties between Moscow and Caracas – while pointing the way for potential strategic opportunities for Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Washington’s new era of gunboat diplomacy.