The remarks came days after Mr Trump travelled to Alaska to meet Vladimir Putin face-to-face for the first time since the first Trump administration.

Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.

Trump and Putin met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday afternoon to discuss an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which began more than three years ago. The pair announced “great progress” had been made, but they still did not reach any kind of plan to end the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could meet within the next two weeks thanks to President Trump’s efforts to bring an end to the war, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

The Kremlin hasn't ruled out summits but has said they could only meet in the very final stages of clinching a peace agreement.

The Ukrainian leader's visit to the White House in February ended in a heated argument. Monday's meeting with President Trump was less fraught.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a proposal for post-war security guarantees could be finalized with the U.S. and Europe in the next 10 days, following his meeting Monday with President

President Trump's August 18 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven other European leaders left the understanding Trump and Russian President Putin had reached three days earlier by the wayside.

President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on Ukraine to agree to terms to end the war with Russia, echoing some of Moscow’s talking points two days after meeting President Vladimir Putin.