Brussels is reportedly assessing the potential impact of President-elect Donald Trump reversing Biden-era sanctions on Russia.

A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of in-person talks during a Friday conference call.

Donald Trump will aim to end the war in Ukraine within 100 days of re-entering the White House, the president-elect's pick for special peace envoy has said, rather than the previous 24-hour timeline that had previously been set.

Trump said a meeting between himself and Putin was being set up, however, Putin's spokesman said Moscow had received no requests to set up a meeting.

US President-elect Donald Trump has said he can "understand the Russians' feelings" about Joe Biden allegedly breaking a "deal" to deny Ukraine NATO membership. Source: Trump at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on 7 January,

Britain has imposed new sanctions on Russian oil majors Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz , the foreign ministry on Friday.

The U.S. Departments of Treasury and State Friday applied new sanctions on Russia's oil production and exports. Sanctioned were oil companies, 183 ships, dozens of oil traders, insurance companies and energy officials.

Having campaigned on a policy of ending wars, making peace, putting America first and disentangling the country from the world, President-elect Donald Trump this week decided to revive 19th-century imperialism.

This refers to Putin's comments last month that he was willing to engage in dialogue with Trump but reiterated Moscow's demands which include fully occupying four Ukrainian regions—Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson rejecting of Ukraine's NATO membership.