Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Monday in Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has shifted to saying an overall peace agreement — and not a ceasefire — is the next step in ending the 3 1/2-year-old war.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

The EU foreign policy chief on Saturday said that US President Donald Trump's determination to secure a peace deal is “vital” but warned that Russia has "no intention of ending” the war in Ukraine.

Daniel Dale said Thursday on "News Central" that the president's recent statements are not only inaccurate but "a reversal of reality."

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.”

Trump’s struggle to get Russia and Ukraine to a negotiating table, let alone to secure a ceasefire, has grown into a fixation for him.

The press conference between the two leaders has wrapped after remarks from Putin and Trump, but they took no questions and made no announcement of a peace deal in Ukraine.

In order to end the war in Ukraine, President Trump will need to increase his pressure on Putin, writes Miriam Sapiro.