We are very thankful that we are not alone. These are not just words, we feel it,’ Volodymyr Zelensky tells Europeans leaders

European leaders will once again try to grasp control of negotiations over the war in Ukraine on Thursday, in an increasingly frantic tug-of-war against the US and Russia that could be nearing a climax.

Volodymyr Zelensky has agreed to further peace talks with Donald Trump's administration after the US halted weapons deliveries and cut intelligence sharing. The pressure tactics appear to have worked,

: Five days after their blowup in the Oval Office, Donald Trump said Tuesday during his speech to a joint session of Congress that he had received a letter from Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky saying he is “ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible.

Russia will seek a peace deal in Ukraine that safeguards its own long-term security and will not retreat from the gains it has made in the conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday in comments to relatives of soldiers killed there.