Moscow ignores Trump calls for Zelensky-Putin summit and hits out at security talks - Moscow demands to be directly engaged on questions of security concerning Ukraine and Europe

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’S HOT MIC MOMENT: At the end of Monday’s White House meeting with Zelensky and seven European leaders, President Trump was caught on a hot microphone telling French President Emmanuel Macron that he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin would eventually agree to a peace deal as a personal favor to him.

Zelensky has also confirmed that he will meet with Trump in Washington on Monday. It would be Zelensky's first visit to the U.S. since February 28, when Trump berated him publicly during an Oval Office meeting and accused him of being "disrespectful."

Volodymyr Zelensky understandably has little time for Vladimir Putin on the best of days, but a recent madcap proposal from the Russian premier appears to have really gotten under the Ukrainian ...

Since US President Donald Trump announced he will meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska, European leaders have been on edge. Although Trump has lately signaled support for Ukraine, Europe fears that Putin, a former KGB spy,

Russia has rejected Zelensky's 10-point peace plan as a condition for negotiations, which includes restoring Ukraine's territorial integrity and Putin pulling out all of his troops.

Zelensky posted an excerpt of those remarks on X, commenting in English: “People are dying, and he thinks it’s ‘interesting’… Dumbass.” He also posted a similar comment in Ukrainian.

During the separate phone call between Trump and Zelensky on Wednesday, Trump briefed the Ukrainian president on his conversation with Putin, and “agreed to share information closely between ...

Although it’s really not very pleasant,” Zelensky told reporters before arguing that negotiations with the Kremlin should only commence after “a plan to stop Putin has been worked out.”