Through three years of wartime leadership, Ukraine’s president has mostly played weak hands wisely. But his approach has fallen flat with the Trump administration.

The U.S. and Ukraine pushed divergent messages over the weekend, with Kyiv pressing for better terms to the mineral-rights deal sought by President Trump, while Washington urged Ukraine to swiftly accept the proposal already on the table.

US President Donald Trump wants to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week or next, he said on the sidelines of a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday. They would talk about US access to Ukraine's raw materials,

Donald Trump has suggested it will be Europe that ‘make[s] sure nothing happens” in Ukraine when it comes to security, after he said that Vladimir Putin would be happy to see peacekeeping forces on the ground in the event of a deal being struck to end the war.

US President Donald Trump has declined to call Russian ruler Vladimir Putin a dictator, stating that he "does not use those words lightly". Source: European Pravda, citing Trump during his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on 24 February Details: Journalists asked Trump whether he would label Putin a dictator after

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was “ready” to resign as leader if it meant it would bring to his country, suggesting he could swap it for NATO membership - while also pushing back against US demands for Ukraine’s critical minerals and other natural resources as part of negotiations to end the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will step down if the country is granted membership into NATO, or if it would result in a peace deal. Zelensky, a former comedian who has served as the war-torn country’s president since 2019,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he "is not a dictator" and is willing to give up his leadership of the country in exchange for Ukraine's membership into NATO, after insults by Donald Trump.