U.S. President Donald Trump says he has called Russian President Vladimir Putin and begun to arrange a meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a critical step toward bringing a possible end to Russia's war on Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump ruled out sending American troops to help defend Ukraine against Russia after seemingly leaving the possibility open the day before. In a morning TV interview, Trump also said that Ukraine's hopes of joining NATO and regaining the Crimean Peninsula from Russia are both "impossible.

Russia’s foreign minister has accused Kyiv’s allies of carrying out “a fairly aggressive escalation” while meeting Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in DC.Sergei Lavrov criticised European leaders for “rather clumsy” and “unethical” attempts to challenge the US president,

Time is ticking on President Donald Trump's two-week timeline for a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The Trump administration has trumpeted a breakthrough in talks with Russia this month, claiming that Mr. Putin had accepted a proposal for the West to provide security guarantees for Ukraine as strong as Article 5 of the NATO charter, which stipulates that an attack on one alliance member is considered an attack on all.

U.S.-NATO MEETING: U.S. and NATO military officials will meet today to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine as the White House works to arrange a summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump gave his assurance that no American soldiers would be sent to protect Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia

President Trump has offered only vague assurances of security guarantees for Ukraine if President Volodymyr Zelensky agrees to cut a deal with Russia.