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.

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.

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

"If everything works out well today we'll have a trilat and I think there will be a reasonable chance of ending the war when we do that." President Trump answers questions of the future of the Ukraine-Russia war before meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European and NATO leaders.

"This latest strike against our energy security is outrageous and unacceptable!" Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó posted to X on Monday morning.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of unleashing "cynical" attacks on Ukrainian civilians that he said were designed to undermine his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington later on Monday.

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.