NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday NATO membership for Ukraine was not under discussion but that there was a discussion on "Article 5" type security guarantees for the country that Russia invaded in February 2022.

The leaders of the UK, France and Germany will accompany Ukraine's president for crunch talks on ending Russia's war against Ukraine.

For perspective on Monday's meetings at the White House and the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, Geoff Bennett spoke with Charles Kupchan and David Kramer. Kupchan served on the National Security Council staff during the Obama and Clinton administrations,

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.

Kyiv ‘pushes Russian forces back’ hours after Putin asks Trump for Donetsk surrender - Kyiv's troops say they have advanced up to 1.2 miles, repelling Russian troops on the northern Sumy front