VOLODYMYR Zelensky and Donald Trump had a love-in as he turned up in a suit for their crunch Ukraine peace talks. Six months after a White House row — where Mr Zelensky was ridiculed for wearing

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called a series of overnight Russian strikes "demonstrative and cynical," hours before he is set to meet President Donald Trump in Washington. His comments came after a drone attack on an apartment block in Kharkiv killed seven people and multiple other strikes hit Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and other regions.

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.

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.

President Trump had a long call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his flight back to Washington about his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavett said.