It has been rightly said that what President Trump wants President Zelensky to do would be very bad for Ukraine. Less has been said about how Zelensky could not do the sort of thing Trump put to him on Monday in Washington,

European leaders are to join the Ukrainian president during a visit that seeks a path to ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.

As Russia's war in Ukraine rages on, President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking lasting peace — but Trump administration officials have stressed no agreement is possible without concessions from both sides.

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is returning to the White House, where he will be briefed on President Trump’s Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Last week, Trump had handed a letter from Melania Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin at their Alaska summit.

On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who sat in on the meetings with Mr. Putin at the American air base outside of Anchorage, disputed the idea that the Europeans were coming as a posse to protect Mr. Zelensky from a repeat of the February shouting match.

The US and Russia failed to reach a deal on Friday as Trump says a permanent peace deal, rather than a ceasefire, is the "best way" to end the war in Ukraine.