Russian President Vladimir Putin warned it would be foolish to dismiss U.S. President Donald Trump's push for control over Greenland. His comments, which were not critical of Trump's intentions, come as U.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he thinks Russia could be deliberately frustrating his efforts to broker an agreement to end the fighting in Ukraine.

The administration of US President Donald Trump will need Europe's consent to lift sanctions against Russia to fulfill Vladimir Putin's demand. But Brussels has no intention of easing sanctions, Euractiv reports.

Ukraine’s European allies say now is not the time for lifting sanctions on Russia, in a clear message to the Trump administration as Moscow pushes Washington for concessions ahead of signing a US brokered deal on ending the fighting in the Black Sea.

The withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukraine would be one of the main conditions to lift or amend EU sanctions, a European Commission spokesperson said on Wednesday. European Union countries renewed the bloc's two sanctions frameworks on Russia for another six months at the end of January and earlier this month.

Russia has said some Western sanctions must be lifted before it begins a maritime ceasefire with Ukraine. Within hours of the US announcing the two sides had agreed to halt strikes in the Black Sea in separate deals,