The Kremlin on Monday said that Russia would be guided by its own national interests after U.S. President Donald Trump said that President Vladimir Putin should end the war in Ukraine rather than testing a nuclear-powered cruise missile.

Trump warns Putin that U.S. nuclear submarine is stationed right off Russian shores in response to Moscow's new 8,000-mile range missile test on Sunday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin should end the war in Ukraine instead of testing a nuclear-powered missile, and that the United States had a nuclear submarine positioned off Russia's coast.

So if the breakup is serious, let’s hope he finally gets behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who wryly observed this week that Putin wants the total occupation of Ukraine, which is exactly what he wanted when the Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022 as part of what Putin said at the time was a “special military operation.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he does not plan to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin until he thinks a deal is in place to secure peace between Russia and Ukraine. "You have to know that we're going to make a deal,

The missile is a nuclear-capable weapon that Moscow says can pierce any defense shield. Russia's top general said it traveled 8,700 miles and was in the air for about 15 hours.

President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios that President Trump's new sanctions will hurt the Russian war machine, but Ukraine still needs long-range missiles to force Vladimir Putin to make peace. Why it matters: It's been a head-spinning two weeks for Zelensky.