Russia said Wednesday attempts to resolve security issues relating to Ukraine without Moscow's participation were a "road to nowhere," and that much diplomatic work needs to be done before Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are ever in the same room.

Moscow hits out at ‘clumsy’ Europe and ignores Trump calls for Zelensky-Putin summit - Moscow demands to be directly engaged on questions of security concerning Ukraine and Europe

The targeting of oil and port facilities in Izmail, Odesa region, was close to the River Danube, which is the Ukrainian border with allied state Romania.

The second Oval Office meeting in six months between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went off smoothly, in sharp contrast to their disastrous encounter in February.

Matt Gaetz suggested Monday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization offer membership to Russia—the country it describes as “the most significant and direct threat to allies’ security.” Gaetz, hours after President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European allies to work toward a peace deal,

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "can end the war with Russia almost immediately" while dismissing the idea of Ukraine joining NATO and returning the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula as unrealistic.

CNN data analyst Harry Enten reports that the majority of Ukrainians want to find a way to end the ongoing conflict with Russia. JOHN BERMAN, CNN HOST: That was Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the hours leading up to his meeting at the White House today with President Trump.

The U.S. has pivoted policy to focus more northward. In 2018, it resuscitated the U.S. Navy's Second Fleet to counter Russia, including in the Arctic, closely linked with the establishment of NATO's newest command, the Virginia -headquartered Joint Force Command Norfolk.

President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in the quest for a path to end the war with Russia.