“Putin uses Medvedev as a tool to express statements related to nuclear weapons, he doesn’t want to discredit his own good peacekeeper’s name,” Lieutenant-General Ihor Romanenko, former deputy head of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said ironically.

An agreement has been reached between the U.S. and Russia for President Trump to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin "in the coming days," the Kremlin said. In recent weeks, Mr. Trump has voiced frustration as the U.