Plans for a bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are now underway, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said today.

The US president says Russia's Vladimir Putin would face a "rough situation" if he doesn't co-operate in the peace process.

Putin seeks "a multilateral system of commitments that includes not only the West but also Russia itself," one expert told Newsweek.

Trump didn't rule out the possibility of American troops' helping to guarantee peace between Ukraine and Russia should the leaders reach an agreement.

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.

As Karoline Leavitt browbeats reporters for failing to hail Trump as a world-historical peacemaker, an international relations expert explains the deeper reasons his handling of the Russia-Ukraine talks is so alarming.

Vladimir Putin gave Donald Trump a strict 15-minute window to make a late-night phone call to the Kremlin after White House peace talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Laura Ingraham that after his discussions with Zelensky and a host of European leaders on Monday,

Zelenskyy and Trump expressed hopes that talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Putin to bring an end to his war on Ukraine.

Trump, who’d backed a ceasefire until his three-hour meeting with Putin last Friday in Alaska, continued to hedge on the subject. “If we can do a ceasefire, great,” Trump said, suggesting that it would be up to Zelenskyy and Putin to work that out.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked First Lady Melania Trump for writing a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which she advocated for the safety of children impacted by war. NBC News’ Monica Alba details how the first lady is influencing peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, is scheduled to speak with the media at 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, according to the White House, a day after President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders.