U.S. President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on August 18 in the Oval Office, alongside European leaders from Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. The meeting followed Trump’s August 15 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.

The fast-moving developments in Trump's near-back-to-back summits with the heads of Russia, Ukraine and European powers have highlighted a pair of repeated sticking points.

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."

Russia attacked the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk with drones overnight, its mayor said, calling it a sign that Putin does not want peace.