Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.

Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter calling for peace in Ukraine, having her husband Donald Trump deliver it to Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian Member of Parliament Kira Rudik joins Meet the Press NOW as President Trump tries to arrange a summit between himself, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. NBC News Correspondents Monica Alba and Andrea Mitchell report on Russia’s reaction to the prospect of a security deal for Ukraine.

Turkey supports efforts to establish a permanent peace in Ukraine with the participation of all parties, President Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Wednesday,

President Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic telling French President Emmanuel Macron that Vladimir Putin “wants to make a deal for me.”

Ukraine’s Donbas region, consisting of Donetsk and Luhansk, is at the heart of Moscow’s goals. An industrial powerhouse in the Soviet era, it also has rich farmland, important rivers and a coastline on the Sea of Azov.

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander, discusses possible future security guarantees for Ukraine that could help forge a peace agreement.

Russia’s foreign minister has accused Kyiv’s allies of carrying out “a fairly aggressive escalation” while meeting with Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky in DC.Sergei Lavrov, criticised European leaders for “rather clumsy” and “unethical” attempts to challenge Trump,