EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday called for a trilateral summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin. French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders are set to accompany Zelensky for talks with Trump in Washington DC Monday. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
US may not be able to create scenario to end war in Ukraine, Rubio says
The US will keep trying to create a scenario to help end Russia's war in Ukraine, but that might not be possible, said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
"If peace is not going to be possible here and this is just going to continue on as a war, people will continue to die by the thousands ... we may unfortunately wind up there, but we don't want to wind up there," Rubio said in an interview with CBS.
"There are things that were discussed as part of this meeting that are potentials for breakthroughs, that are potential for progress," said Rubio, adding that topics for discussion would include security guarantees for Ukraine.
Russia has made 'some concessions' on five Ukrainian regions, Witkoff says
Russia has made "some concessions" regarding five Ukrainian regions central to Moscow's war aims during the Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, says top White House envoy Steve Witkoff.
"The Russians made some concessions at the table with regard to all five of those regions," Witkoff said on CNN, in an apparent reference to the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea.
Witkoff said he was "hopeful" of a "productive meeting" between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House on Monday.
"I'm hopeful that we have a productive meeting on Monday, we get to real consensus, we're able to come back to the Russians and push this peace deal forward and get it done," said Witkoff.
Trump says 'big progress on Russia. Stay tuned'
US President Donald Trump has hailed, "big progress on Russia," adding a "stay tuned".
But he has provided no details of the progress.
Zelensky says current front lines should be the start for negotiations
The current frontlines in Ukraine's war against Russia should be the basis for peace talks, says President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"We need real negotiations, which means we can start where the frontline is now," Zelensky said at a press conference in Brussels.
Zelensky reiterated his position that it was necessary to establish a ceasefire in order to then negotiate a final deal.
Trump, Putin agreed to 'robust security guarantees' for Ukraine: Witkoff
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to "robust security guarantees" for Ukraine during their high-stakes summit in Alaska, says top White House envoy Steve Witkoff.
"We agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as game-changing," Witkoff said on CNN.
Term ceasefire 'is not important', says von der Leyen, 'killing must stop'
At the joint press conference, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were asked about President Donald Trump dropping the call for a ceasefire.
“The term is not important,” von der Leyen replied. “What matters is the effect, the killing must stop whether we call it ceasefire or not.”
President Zelensky agreed with the EU chief, noting that there was a need to push Russia on “real negotiations”.
'Putin does not want to stop the killing but he must do it', Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, says Putin must stop the killing now and that a ceasefire was necessary.
"Putin does not want to stop the killing but he must do it," he added.
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