Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed a trilateral meeting between himself, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin to break the deadlock on ending Moscow's invasion.

We are talking about direct talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Zelensky and American leader Donald Trump on the Ukrainian settlement only after achieving results at the talks between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine.

During a visit to Kyiv on Friday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan proposed hosting a face-to-face meeting in Istanbul between US President Donald Trump, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian

In September 2022, Moscow claimed to have annexed the four Ukrainian regions and to this day it does not fully control them. Putin illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. Kyiv has repeatedly rejected any suggestion it would surrender the regions.

But in recent weeks, the relationship has begun to show signs of strain.

The American president’s preference for praising and excusing the Russian leader has yielded no progress toward peace in Ukraine.

Trump has said he wants to use more of a carrot than stick when it comes to convincing Moscow to agree to a ceasefire, but, aside from direct Ukraine-Russia talks and further prisoner of war exchanges, there has been little to no progress on bringing a pause in fighting closer, despite the US president's growing impatience.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed a trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, AFP reported on Wednesday.

Donald Trump, speaking from the White House on Wednesday, told reporters he’s pressing pause on new sanctions against Russia, saying the decision is meant to

For years, President Donald Trump has bragged that he, and only he, could bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. “I’ll have that done in 24 hours,” he said repeatedly during his most recent presidential campaign.

Ukrainian president said that despite tricky relationship with Donald Trump, the White House is more irritated by Vladimir Putin.