President Trump also spoke with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in hopes of making progress toward a ceasefire.

The leaders spoke by phone for more than two hours as the White House presses for a deal to end the fighting in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin remains perpetually just out of reach as the White House struggles in its efforts to bring the world leader to heel on his invasion of Ukraine. President Donald Trump appears undeterred in his efforts to get the Russian leader to the negotiating table even after the Kremlin dodged a proposal to