An Alaska summit, followed up by a White House summit. There’s been a flurry of activity on the Russia-Ukraine war, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy even agreeing to a meeting with Vladimir Putin. But is the Russian leader ready to end the conflict?

Zelenskyy and Trump expressed hopes that talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Putin to bring an end to his war on Ukraine.