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

As the world’s attention shifts to Alaska for the critical summit on Ukraine between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, it also shines a light on an area that is crucial to global security, writes world

"I like the concept of a ceasefire for one reason, because you'd stop killing people immediately... But we can work a deal where we're working on a peace deal while they're fighting." President Trump walked back on his previous comments where he suggested "severe consequences" for Russia if Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't agree to a ceasefire before a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European and NATO leaders.

Russian state media footage shows the M113 armored personnel carrier driving into combat in the Zaporizhzhia region.

US President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House to discuss the war in Ukraine. Follow for live news updates.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it does not see the deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine as a viable solution to the conflict and condemned recent

UKRAINE will not be allowed to join the Nato military alliance and must give up hope of regaining Crimea from Russia, US President Donald Trump said ahead of a crunch meeting at the White House last night.

Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War.

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