Trump expresses optimism on Ukraine deal, Rubio more realistic, House back to work on $150B defense hike, U.S. hit 800 Houthi targets in 45 days.

Donald Trump spoke after his Saturday conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican. The U.S. President expressed his belief that Zelensky is ready to give up Crimea in exchange for lasting peace.

US President Donald Trump said he believes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is willing to cede Crimea to Russia as part of a peace deal. Despite Kyiv’s repeated rejections of territorial concessions,

Donald Trump has questioned Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the Ukraine war after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky during Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome.

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held crunch war talks in the heart of the Vatican minutes before the start of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, as the White House mounts an increasingly urgent push to strike a peace deal in Ukraine.

Donald Trump has expressed doubts over whether Vladimir Putin is ‘tapping me along’ over peace talks after his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican. A photo released during the funeral of Pope Francis today showed the US and Ukraine presidents chatting on the sidelines after paying their respects inside St Peter’s Basilica.

Vladimir Putin announces three-day ceasefire in Ukraine to mark World War Two Victory Day - Kremlin says that Russian President has ordered the full cessation of hostilities on ‘humanitarian grounds’

President Putin has has declared a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine to time with commemorations marking 80 years since the end of World War II.

Vladimir Putin has announced a three day ceasefire in Ukraine between May 8 and 10 to cover Russia's Victory Day celebrations and said it expects Ukraine to follow suit