Volodymyr Zelenskyy swapped his wartime sweatshirt for a suit at the White House, a shift in tone during his latest meeting with Donald Trump after February's tense clash
Trump met Zelenskyy at the White House, days after talks with Putin in Alaska, and said both leaders wanted peace as European leaders joined negotiations on Ukraine
The crisis may not be as visible this time as in 1991, but the stakes are just as high
European leaders are also flying to Washington to show solidarity with Ukraine and to press for strong security guarantees in any post-war settlement
They spoke on August 8, a day after Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25 per cent penalty on Indian goods for New Delhi's oil trade with Russia
Putin spoke to the Indian prime minister on phone, three days after the high-profile summit in Alaska that ended without a ceasefire deal
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India's Foreign Ministry has previously said the country is being unfairly singled out for buying Russian oil while the United States and European Union continue to purchase goods from Russia
Ukrainian president to meet Donald Trump in Washington after US president signalled support for Russia's demands at Alaska summit; European leaders expected to join
When Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Anchorage on August 15, the world expected diplomacy. What it got instead was brand theatre
US President Donald Trump is leaning on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to strike an agreement after he met Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska, stressing that Zelenskyy could end the war "almost immediately"
Pakistan's military, buoyed by recent India clashes, sees itself central to regional politics, with Army Chief Munir twice visiting the US, meeting Trump, and addressing overseas Pakistanis
Situation is made even more tenuous by the memory of his last visit to the White House in February that erupted into a bitter exchange between Zelenskyy and Trump and led to a halt in military support
Unease hangs over the allies, which have few options for pushing back on demands from Trump that Ukraine may oppose, and are skeptical that Putin really wants peace
The French leader also recalled that several Western countries have expressed readiness to send several thousand troops to Ukraine to ensure post-conflict peace, as per Tass
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, who took part in the talks Friday at a military base in Alaska, said it was the first time we had ever heard the Russians agree to that and called it game-changing
European leaders were relieved Trump avoided a pro-Moscow deal, but the summit let Putin reclaim global stature and may have given Russia more time to advance its Ukraine offensive
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President Trump is leaning on Zelenskyy to strike an agreement after he met Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska