Europe wants to have a place at the table. Well, I told them, fight yourself a way to the table by coming up with concrete proposals,” said NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Here is what some have said ahead of the meeting on the issue of sending peacekeeping troops into Ukraine. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he is ready to send British troops to Ukraine as part of any postwar peacekeeping force.

Stunned by President Trump’s outreach to Russia over Ukraine, European leaders are groping for common ground.

Russia on Tuesday demanded NATO scrap its 2008 promise to one day give Ukraine membership of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance and dismissed the idea that NATO member forces could be keepers of the peace under some sort of ceasefire deal.

The United States and Russia agreed on Tuesday to address "irritants" to the U.S.-Russia relationship and begin working on a path to end Russia's war in Ukraine, the State Department said, making clear the effort was in its early stages.

Top US and Russian officials met for nearly four hours as President Trump seeks to an end to the war in Ukraine. Officials from Kyiv were not involved in the conversations.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of expected negotiations with Russian officials aimed at ending Russia’s nearly three-year war against Ukraine, reports Reuters. The talks will begin after President Donald Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin last week and instructed senior officials to initiate negotiations on the

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he and his Russian counterpart agreed to put together teams to negotiate a Ukraine ceasefire.

Europe will invest more in security and lead on providing guarantees to Kyiv, but cooperation with Washington to secure peace remains crucial, European leaders said after an emergency meeting held ahead of U.

US says both countries will name high-level teams Trump says he is confident after the talks, will probably meet Putin before end of month Ukraine not at the talks, rejects deals without its consent Rubio says Russians ready to engage,