President Donald Trump said he spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and various European leaders after his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

US President Donald Trump set a two-week deadline for Ukraine and Russia to conclude a peace agreement, but it has already expired. However, it is not yet known whether the American leader plans to set a new deadline,

President Trump said ceasefire negotiations would begin "immediately," but the Kremlin has expressed little eagerness for a ceasefire in the war it began.

For days, President Donald Trump repeatedly floated the possibility of scrapping his Middle East travel schedule — one his team meticulously crafted for weeks — and adding a stop to personally mediate Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Turkey.

Donald Trump in the Oval Office. A master of the diplomatic deal would realise now is not the moment to withdraw, but to step up pressure on Russia’s leader to come to terms © Chip Somodevilla/ Vladim

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt briefs reporters first thing Monday morning, as President Trump is expected to speak to Russian President Putin today.