Donald Trump has ruled out sending American troops to help enforce a peace deal in Ukraine, after yesterday affirming the U.S. would “help them out.”In a phone interview on Fox News, Trump was asked: “What kind of assurances do you feel like you have,

The planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin is a "highly anticipated meeting," the Republican said.

The Alaska summit followed exactly that script. After a few days of messaging, but apparently without the disciplined preparation that usually precedes these kinds of critical meetings, Trump expected to conjure a breakthrough.

At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

Kyiv: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged stronger sanctions against Russia if no trilateral meeting is held between him, US President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine’s president condemns Russia’s “cynical” strikes before his meeting with Trump at 13:00 EST (18:00 BST).

In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the fighting.

The coalition of the willing, the alliance which is planning to police a future peace deal, will meet on Sunday afternoon.