After a startling clash with President Trump, who has echoed the Kremlin view of the war, Ukraine’s leader is trying to shore up European support and smooth over relations with Washington.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia 'is still very, very far away.'

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukraine had to engage in "substantive" diplomacy to bring to a rapid end the three-year-old war with Russia, and he hoped to be able to rely on U.S. support in securing peace.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that Ukraine had to engage in substantive diplomacy to bring to a rapid end the three-year-old war with Russia, and he hoped to be able to rely on U.S. support in securing peace.