U.S. President Donald Trump’s August summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, is looming large as the White House presses its peace efforts.

Washington and Kyiv appear to have made notable shifts to secure progress but huge questions remain, not least whether Moscow will once again reject making concessions.

KYIV, Ukraine -- KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “hasn’t read” a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

The top Ukrainian negotiator said the most recent Russia peace talks in the U.S. with President Donald Trump's team were "constructive" and he will now return to Kyiv to discuss the latest proposals with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

BRUSSELS (AP) — Over the course of 2025, a new reality has sunk in for Europe. The United States, long its strongest ally, has chipped away at the European Union’s unity, economies, security and even its democracies, setting the backdrop for an EU summit this week at the end of an exceptionally trying year.

United States President Donald Trump has warned that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict could potentially snowball into a "third world war".