At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

Ahead of a meeting with President Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine noted that Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukrainian land became “a springboard for a new attack.”

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night, saying he was grateful for President Trump’s invitation and wanted to end the war with Russia “quickly and reliably.” He also said that if there is a peace deal,

European and NATO leaders announced Sunday that they will joining President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington for crucial talks with President Trump.

Volodymyr Zelensky finds himself in an impossible bind: risk Donald Trump's wrath or accept a quick deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine by paying the disastrous price of ceding territory for vague security guarantees.

Mr Zelensky is expecting to face calls from the US president to concede to full Russian control of Donetsk and Luhansk, two mineral-rich regions of Ukraine that are mostly occupied by Vladimir Putin’s forces. In exchange for these demands, the Russian ...

Trump hosted Putin in Alaska summit on Ukraine war but failed to secure ceasefire, though both sides reported progress and planned future meetings