President Trump is working to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Putin and Zelensky as Russia intensifies its assault on Ukraine. With Putin facing war crime charges limiting venue options, Budapest and Geneva are being considered as potential meeting locations.

President Trump seeks to broker a meeting of the two leaders to end Europe’s most destructive war in generations.

In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the fighting.

O n August 18th Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, will enter the White House to meet Donald Trump and discuss ending the war in Ukraine. For Mr Zelensky it is a perilous moment. Since Mr Trump met Vladimir Putin,

Trump and Zelenskyy got along a lot better this time, and now the big question is what will happen next with Putin. Here’s how it all played out.