Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday after a Russia-U.S. summit ended without an agreement to stop the fighting in Ukraine after three and a half years.
In a reversal only a few hours after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump said an overall peace agreement, and not a ceasefire, was the best way to end the war. That statement echoed Putin's view that Russia is not interested in a temporary truce and instead is seeking a long-term settlement that takes Moscow's interests into account.
Trump and Ukraine's European allies had been calling for a ceasefire ahead of any negotiations.
Zelenskyy, who was not invited to Alaska for the summit, said he held a "long and substantive" conversation with Trump early Sa