Zelensky has rejected Russian demands to cede Ukrainian land. The Ukrainian leader and his European partners, including the leaders of Britain, France and Germany, had lobbied the White House for weeks to demand that Moscow agree to a ceasefire before any negotiations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he and President Donald Trump have reached an “understanding” on Ukraine and warned Europe not to “torpedo the nascent progress.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said the positions of Ukraine, its European allies and US President Donald Trump are "very much in agreement" ahead of a planned meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska later this week.

European leaders have praised President Donald Trump for agreeing to allow U.S. military support for a force they are mustering to police any future peace in Ukraine — a move that vastly improves the chances of success for an operation that could prove essential for the country's security.

Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman discusses the impact of the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s upcoming visit to the White House on ‘Fox News Live.’

Washington’s push to negotiate an end to the war has raised concerns the Trump administration will make concessions to Moscow that Kyiv finds unacceptable.

The U.S. president told his European peers that he wouldn’t negotiate territorial issues during Friday’s meeting in Alaska but will seek an immediate cease-fire.

Russia, Europe — and the Ukrainians under European tutelage — now all have the same playbook for dealing with the US president.

Expectations are fairly low heading into Friday's meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but quite a lot is on the line for European construction companies.

The problem is that they have no strategy of their own for ending the Ukraine war, other than hoping to contain Russia over the longer term.