Trump wants Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war on the current battlelines, with Moscow holding a huge swathe of eastern Ukraine.

Russia rejects Trump's plan to halt Ukraine conflict at current battle lines, with Moscow demanding full control of Donbas region for lasting peace agreement.

Donald Trump has said he would like China's help to deal with Russia as he seeks to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. "I'd like China to help us out with Russia," the US president said on board Air Force One, as he flew to Asia for a whirlwind tour, where he will meet China's Xi Jinping in South Korea.

Days after canceling a planned summit with Putin, citing a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, Trump took a major step by effectively blacklisting Rosneft and Lukoil.

As Zelenskyy lauds Europe and the U.S. for ramping up economic pressure on Putin over the war in Ukraine, Moscow dismisses them as a counterproductive "act of war."

The U.S. sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil to choke off Russian war funding, urging Moscow to accept a ceasefire or face deeper economic isolation.

Read more › The head of NATO was set to meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, a day after the American leader put off direct talks with his Russian counterpart.

A summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine has been cancelled, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. The US and Russian leaders had been expected to meet in Budapest, Hungary, in the coming weeks for further talks on ending the war.