President Trump says he expects to know quickly if a deal can be made with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to halt the war in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning a further offensive despite Donald Trump's hopes that their upcoming Alaska summit can bring peace in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian president said Monday his country's intelligence service had found that Putin had no intention of ending the fighting,

Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was unlikely to be included in talks he described as a "feel out meeting" to better understand Russia's demands for ending its war in Ukraine.