The White House's attempt to end Europe's most destructive war is turning out to be a lot harder than expected.

Bringing together the leaders of Russia and Ukraine for a one-on-one meeting is proving difficult as President Trump acknowledged that Russia's Vladimir Putin might not be ready to stop the fighting.

"The president has always said that there are areas of disagreement in this war that will have to be discussed and decided upon by these two countries, and so he wants these two countries to engage in direct diplomacy," said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

The push for a face-to-face meeting comes after Trump met with Putin in Alaska last week and then welcomed seven European leaders and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy to the White House on Monday.

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