Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, setting two-week timeline for Ukraine negotiations after Putin talks in Alaska.

President Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday, an event the U.S. president called "a very good, early step" to possibly resolve the war in Ukraine.

Trump, Zelensky to meet in Washington next week after US-Russia summit ends without agreement * Top European leaders to join Zelensky in Washington for Trump talks * Putin offers Trump frozen battle lines,

Russia has launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine, hitting an American-owned electronics plant among other targets and injecting further uncertainty into the U.S.-led efforts to e

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says peace talks with Ukraine will lead nowhere without Russia taking part. In a separate interview, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the financial burden of security in Ukraine should fall to Europe.

In Washington, Ukraine and Europe received promises that Trump would continue selling arms to Ukraine and demonstrated that they have seats at the negotiating table. Trump, for his part, reassured critics that he was not cutting a deal with Putin behind the backs of his NATO allies.

A ceremony for North Korean soldiers in Pyongyang marked just the second time Kim has publicly acknowledged the regime’s role in the war in Ukraine.

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. A week after US President Donald Trump laid out

Putin will, in current conditions, agree only to a deal that furthers his twin goals of gaining control over Ukraine and forcing open a road to a wider sphere of Russian influence,”

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Donald Trump's leadership qualities and expressed hope for restoring Russia-US relations. Trump stated he would "prefer not" to attend a potential meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy,