Other lower level meetings planned for this week underscore the massive task ahead for European allies as they weigh plans for sending a peacekeeping force to Ukraine.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Donald Trump hosted several European leaders at the White House on Monday, Aug. 18, to discuss Ukraine's security amid Russia's ongoing invasion. Days before Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.

It was a rare gathering inside the White House. President Donald Trump sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, all in hopes of moving closer to ending the war in Ukraine. "More than anything, we just need peace," Pastor Leo Regheta said. "We just need the war to end."

The Ukrainian president says Monday's talks have been "constructive" as European leaders repeat calls for a ceasefire.