With US, European and Ukrainian leaders appearing on Monday to lay the groundwork for talks between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron suggested the Swiss city would provide a neutral setting for peace efforts.

President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in the quest for a path to end the war with Russia.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s office says an anti-Russian “Coalition of the Willing” will convene Sunday ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to the White House and on the heels of Friday’s summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Washington on Monday seeking an end to Moscow's invasion, after President Donald Trump dropped his push for a ceasefire following an Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky were seen laughing together in the White House as the US president promised new talks on peace in Ukraine - though some nations are still demanding a ceasefire

Trump and Zelensky met in the Oval Office with European leaders, discussing security guarantees, abducted children, and trilateral talks with Putin.

The French president reiterated Trump's belief that an agreement could be reached with Putin: 'But if at the end this process is met by refusal, we are also ready to say that we need to increase sanctions.

Speaking at the weekend, US envoy Steve Witkoff said: ‘We were able to win the following concession: that the United States could offer article five-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in Nato.’

Seven European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump in a bid to end the war against Russia.

The second Oval Office meeting in six months between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went off smoothly, in sharp contrast to their disastrous encounter in Febru