Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined European and NATO leaders to thank Trump — a lot — six months after the White House accused him of being ungrateful.

US President Donald Trump has touted plans for trilateral talks involving Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and himself amid efforts to secure a peace deal for the war in Ukraine.

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The Alaska summit followed exactly that script. After a few days of messaging, but apparently without the disciplined preparation that usually precedes these kinds of critical meetings, Trump expected to conjure a breakthrough.

At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the fighting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed he will meet with President Trump in Washington, DC, on August 18 “to discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the

The US and Russia failed to reach a deal on Friday as Trump says a permanent peace deal, rather than a ceasefire, is the "best way" to end the war in Ukraine.