US President Donald Trump has ditched his call for a ceasefire in Ukraine, backing instead Russian President Vladimir Putin’s push for a permanent peace agreement. That has not stopped some European leaders from pushing for a temporary truce first, even though the US president has seemingly decided one is not necessary.

Donald Trump said he didn’t call Vladimir Putin in front of European leaders that he’d invited to the White House because he was worried that would be “disrespectful” to the Russian leader. In an interview with Fox & Friends Tuesday,