Meetings in Alaska and Washington were high on pomp and low on breakthroughs, but there were two potentially significant developments.

US President Donald Trump has ditched his call for a ceasefire in Ukraine, backing instead Russian President Vladimir Putin’s push for a permanent peace agreement. That has not stopped some European leaders from pushing for a temporary truce first, even though the US president has seemingly decided one is not necessary.

President Donald Trump said European nations would be willing to commit soldiers to protect Ukraine from further Russian attacks.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to Ukraine to defend against Russia, after seeming to leave open the possibility the day before. Trump also said in a morning TV interview that Ukraine’s hopes of joining NATO and regaining the Crimean Peninsula are “impossible.

President Trump stopped short of committing US troops to a collective effort to bolster Ukraine’s security. He said instead that there would be a “NATO-like” security presence.

The latest: President Donald Trump accused Washington, D.C., officials of faking crime numbers “to create a false illusion of safety,” and confirmed the department is being investigated.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has called Russian President Vladimir Putin and begun to arrange a meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a critical step toward bringing a possible end to Russia's war on Ukraine.