For Putin, the war in Ukraine is not only about Kyiv's independence, it's about preserving Russia's power over former Soviet states.

Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump met for a second time in the White House before meeting senior European leaders including Sir Keir Starmer

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump expressed hope that Monday's critical talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks

Trump appeared to place the onus of ending the war on the Ukrainian leader and said Ukraine should give up Crimea and its hopes of joining NATO — key Kremlin demands.

Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark discusses Vladimir Putin's proposal to Volodymyr Zelenskyy to end the war in Ukraine and President Donald Trump's plan going forward as he pushes for peace.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and other European leaders will meet with President Trump at the White House today after Trump's summit with Russian President Putin on Friday. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor and Richard Engel report the latest.

Trump: “President Zelensky can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight."

President Donald Trump dismissed criticism of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska as "fake news" Sunday night on Truth Social, saying the war in Ukraine could be ended "almost immediately" but critics were making it harder to do so.