President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump expressed hopes that talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

During a meeting with European leaders on a potential ceasefire deal in the Russia-Ukraine war, President Donald Trump said the day has been successful and a peace agreement between the countries is “attainable.

"I like the concept of a ceasefire for one reason, because you'd stop killing people immediately... But we can work a deal where we're working on a peace deal while they're fighting." President Trump walked back on his previous comments where he suggested "severe consequences" for Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't agree to a ceasefire before a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European and NATO leaders.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would help Europe in providing security for Ukraine as part of any deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine, as he and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy began a hastily arranged White House meeting to discuss a path to peace.

President Donald Trump said on social media Saturday that a deal better than “a mere Ceasefire” is in the works with Vladimir Putin, hours after Trump’s high-stakes summit with the Russian leader in Alaska failed to produce an agreement to halt Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Steve Witkoff says Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate.

As Trump was flying into Alaska, he was threatening severe consequences if Putin didn’t play ball. Trump stressed that he wouldn’t be happy if he left the summit without an immediate ceasefire and that new sanctions may be necessary if the Russians were intransigent.