President Trump said Tuesday that he didn’t call Russian President Vladimir Putin in front of the European leaders at the White House the day prior to avoid disrespecting the Russian leader. “I didn’t do it in front of them — I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin.

The leaders dropped everything to travel to Washington to ensure President Trump didn’t force a bad deal on Ukraine. A road map for peace remains elusive.

The British government said on Tuesday European leaders were weighing additional sanctions to ramp up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of a broader push to put an end to the war in Ukraine.