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Western leaders will host a call of the coalition of the willing on Sunday to discuss steps to ending the war in Ukraine.

The coalition of the willing, the alliance which is planning to police a future peace deal, will meet on Sunday afternoon.

Details of post-summit call were leaked in which US president supports plan for Kyiv to give up Donbas region

Putin told Trump he would halt further advances and freeze Ukrainian frontline where Russian forces occupy significant areas, sources say

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to visit Washington on Monday for vital talks with US President Donald Trump aimed at ending the ongoing war in Ukraine. This development follows a lengthy phone call on Saturday morning between President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, alongside key European leaders, to…

The highly anticipated summit could see the beginnings of a peace deal but will likely not end the war, experts say.

The US president raised the prospect of European leaders being invited to a second meeting if the Alaska summit is successful.

US President Donald Trump said he expects his meeting with Vladimir Putin to go well, but added that what will be even more important is the second meeting after the Alaska summit, where the presidents of Ukraine and Russia will be joined by Trump and possibly by some European leaders.

President Trump and aides have raised and lowered expectations for his Friday summit with Vladimir Putin, making the meeting hard to grade.