Russia’s troops are continuing their slow war of attrition in eastern and northern Ukraine, even as the conflict enters a pivotal phase with a series of high-level meetings that are part of U.S.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump expressed hopes that talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, and former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill join Nicolle Wallace to discuss the meeting between European leaders,

Ukraine’s Donbas, consisting of Donetsk and Luhansk, is at the heart of Moscow’s goals. An industrial powerhouse in the Soviet era, it also has rich farmland, important rivers and a coastline on the Sea of Azov.

During a meeting with European leaders on a potential ceasefire deal in the Russia-Ukraine war, President Donald Trump said the day has been successful and a peace agreement between the countries is “attainable.

Territorial questions are certain to be a key area of focus when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders meet U.S. President Donald Trump for talks on Monday to map out a possible peace deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Russia’s illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in March 2014 was quick and bloodless, and it sent Moscow’s relations with the West into a downward spiral unseen since the Cold War.

Russian state media footage shows the M113 armored personnel carrier driving into combat in the Zaporizhzhia region.

As leaders arrived in Washington to discuss how to end Russia’s three-year war in Ukraine, civilians in Ukraine were killed and wounded by Russian missile strikes Monday in the eastern city of Kharkiv.