US President Donald Trump said he was arranging a meeting between his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts after a summit with European leaders.

P resident Donald Trump gave "my assurance" that there would be no United States troops deployed to defend Ukraine's border under any security guarantee that emerges in a peace deal to end Russia's invasion. Trump made the comment during an interview with Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning.

Trump gave his assurance that no American soldiers would be sent to protect Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia

German Chancellor Merz broke with the generally optimistic tone at the European leaders meeting at the White House on Monday, stating a ceasefire is necessary for peace.

President Donald Trump made some false claims to the press while meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday – including a long-debunked claim that the US has given Ukraine more than $300 billion in wartime aid.

The US president says Russia's Vladimir Putin would face a "rough situation" if he doesn't co-operate in the peace process.

As Trump was flying into Alaska, he was threatening severe consequences if Putin didn’t play ball. Trump stressed that he wouldn’t be happy if he left the summit without an immediate ceasefire and that new sanctions may be necessary if the Russians were intransigent.

After witnessing the red carpet rolled out for Russian President Vladimir Putin last Friday; the jet flyover; the ride in the presidential limousine, many Ukrainians feared the American president’s bromance with the wily old KGB agent had reignited.