Trump on Sunday said “big progress” had been made with Russia on the Ukraine conflict, as envoy Witkoff outlined that Russian President Vladimir Putin signalled for the first time he could accept Nato-style security guarantees for Kyiv.

President Trump’s first-term ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, warned on Sunday that Chinese President Xi Jinping “is watching” President Trump’s approach to negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

Putin agreed to ‘game-changing’ security protections for Ukraine, claims Trump envoy - All eyes are now on Volodymyr Zelensky's crucial meeting with Donald Trump at the White House on Monday

The NATO-style security guarantees could be a key topic of discussion as Zelenskyy meets Trump at the White House on Monday. , World News, Times Now

The statement comes ahead of Monday’s US-Ukraine meeting, after Trump’s Friday talks with Putin, which he said achieved little to stop the Ukraine war.

Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday but the talks failed to yield any breakthrough on a ceasefire — though White House envoy Steve Witkoff said both leaders had agreed to provide "robust security guarantees" to Ukraine.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has confirmed his trip to India last week and is expected to arrive in New Delhi today.

Granta Autonomy makes drones that are used by Ukraine, and its CEO said testing in Ukraine is so important that he visits the battlefield himself.