Trump seeks a meeting with Putin to discuss the Ukraine war after skipping peace talks. Zelenskyy accuses Russia of not being serious about ending the conflict.

French President Emmanuel Macron has accused Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of lying, making personal insults, and failing in diplomacy. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is reportedly working to ease the tensions,

In the meeting, Vance accused Zelenskyy of being insufficiently grateful for U.S. military aid as his country fights off a Russian invasion. President Donald Trump later echoed Vance's accusations during the meeting, leading Zelenskyy to be kicked out of the White House.

Trump has said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy understands Russia will keep at least the Crimean region annexed in 2014. "I have no favorites,” Trump said in April when asked about ...

The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine since the war began ended in less than two hours, with President Trump expressing his willingness to intervene after Russian President Vladimir Putin skipped the meeting.

A senior Ukrainian official at the peace talks in Istanbul accused Moscow on Friday of introducing “unacceptable demands” that had not been previously discussed, including calls for Kyiv's forces to withdraw from large swaths of territory they control so a complete ceasefire to be implemented.

Trump turned to Truth Social to announce his plans to speak to Putin by phone on Monday, following a Russian drone attack that killed nine civilians.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t show up Thursday for proposed direct peace talks in Turkey with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was waiting for Putin in the capital Ankara after challenging him to face-to-face discussions on ending their countries’ more than three-year war.

Ukraine said on Thursday that Russia was “not serious” about making peace, as talks on a ceasefire failed to swing into gear in Turkey. Russian President Vladimir Putin did not travel to Istanbul for talks,