President Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are making progress in peace talks but called the conflict difficult to solve on Tuesday night.

Europe is considering seizing billions in Russian assets to support Ukraine, as proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

A push by the Trump administration to end Russia's war on Ukraine appears to make headway, with Kyiv saying Zelenskyy could visit D.C. within days to finalize a deal.

During Trump’s first term, Kushner led the president’s push for Arab states to normalise ties with Israel. More recently he was called on to help broker a deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Now his task is to silence the guns and drones on the front lines in the Donbas. Kushner did not respond to a request for an interview for this article.

Amid this opposition, a series of meetings is expected. Today, there will be a meeting between US and Russian officials in Abu Dhabi, and a virtual one between the coalition of the willing, hosted by Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron. Ukraine's official also says they expect a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump in the next few days.

Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday that a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia must be achieved first before any discussions can take place on possible troop deployment for a potential reassurance force.

Russia is threatening to reject President Donald Trump's Ukraine peace plan unless "key understandings" from his Alaska summit with President Putin are upheld.