Gudkov's death is a particular blow to Putin as he is the highest-ranking Russian officer to be killed since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, it’s becoming clear that President Donald Trump’s attempts to broker peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin fall flat.

"With Putin, I said, 'If you go into Ukraine, I'm going to bomb the s--t out of Moscow,'" Trump can be heard saying on the recording. "He said 'No way,' and I said, 'Way.' And then he goes,

President Donald Trump is considering a new military aid package for Ukraine worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to Politico. Sources familiar with the matter say the discussions took place just over a week after the Pentagon suddenly halted part of an existing aid package that included thousands of artillery shells and