Ukraine on Saturday rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal to conduct peace negotiations with Russia without a prior ceasefire. "Our view is: first a ceasefire, then everything else," Serhiy Leshchenko,

After leaving Alaska, Trump says he would prefer to "go directly to a peace agreement" to end the war in Ukraine, rather than a temporary ceasefire.

However, Trump and Zelenskyy have both confirmed that they spoke after the U.S.-Russia summit on Friday.The president's rejection of a ceasefire agreement echoes what Zelenskyy has often said regarding a lasting peace,

US President Donald Trump has suddenly shifted his campaign to halt the Ukraine war to securing a full peace agreement after a summit with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin failed to secure a ceasefire.

LONDON (Reuters) -World markets are watching closely as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska later on Friday to seal a possible ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

Russia has long pushed for a direct peace deal that would address a broad range of issues and impose onerous demands on Ukraine, including territorial concessions. Avoiding a cease-fire would allow Russia to continue pressing its advantage on the battlefield in the meantime.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday after a Russia-U.S. summit ended without an agreement to stop the fighting in Ukraine after 3 1/2 years.

Fox News senior correspondent Benjamin Hall discusses the history of the Russia-Ukraine war from his eyes as President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin hold talks in Alaska on ‘The Story.’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Friday predicted that the Russia-Ukraine war could end before Christmas — if there’s a trilateral meeting between President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin

Putin is not ready for realistic negotiations. His main task at this stage is to stall and mislead the US administration,” Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak warned.

No decisions "on the path to peace" can be made without Ukraine’s participation, and negotiations can be productive only after a ceasefire, according to a post on social media X by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.