Talks would come “step by step, gradually, starting from the expert level and then going through all the necessary stages,” says Russia’s foot-dragging foreign minister.

The Ukrainian president kicked off his one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump on Monday by handing over a letter for the first lady

Donald Trump has vowed that Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin will meet to discuss an end to the war, which has been ongoing since February 2022. And the Ukrainian president has welcomed a step forward. He said: "Ukraine will never stop on the way to peace,” adding that he would welcome talks in “any format”.

Vladimir Putin briefly suggested in a phone call with Donald Trump on Monday that he could host a potential one-on-one meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Russia, according to officials familiar with the call.

Reports of the Russian president's demands have emerged following the summit in Alaska - as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares to fly to Washington DC to see Donald Trump for the next stage of talks.

Donald Trump revealed the details of his meetings with Zelensky and European leaders Monday in an attempt to bring the War in Ukraine to an end.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would help Europe in providing security for Ukraine as part of any deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine, as he and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy began a hastily arranged White House meeting to discuss a path to peace.

Trump rules out sending US troops to Ukraine as part of Putin peace deal - Putin and Zelensky could meet within just two weeks as European leaders hail ‘breakthrough’ in Washington