For months, President Donald Trump resisted calls to slap new sanctions on Russia, believing he could end the war in a deal with Vladimir Putin — including with a quick peace summit in the coming weeks in Budapest.

The Kremlin may have convinced itself that US President Donald Trump didn’t have the stomach to apply real pressure on Moscow to end the brutal conflict in Ukraine.

LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in London on Friday for talks with two dozen European leaders who have pledged military help to shield his country from future Russian aggression if a ceasefire stops the more than three-year war.

The drone and missile attacks on Ukraine came as the US president put on hold his plans for an imminent summit in Budapest.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed "very important" new U.S. and European Union energy sanctions on Russia on Thursday, but said more pressure would be needed on Moscow to secure a ceasefire in the war.

Russia launched a large-scale air attack on Ukraine early Wednesday, causing power outages across most of the country, setting homes ablaze and killing at least six people, including a six-month-old baby,

President Donald Trump met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Wednesday in the Oval Office and announced he canceled his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.