As Steve Witkoff meets with Putin over a Ukraine deal, security assurances remain a sticking point. Ukraine has been offered them before, to little avail.

Russia and the U.S. did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump's top envoys, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

Putin also claimed that Zelensky’s European allies have pushed for demands that are “absolutely unacceptable."

US President Donald Trump expressed optimism after a high-level meeting between US officials and a Ukrainian delegation in Miami on Sunday, suggesting there was a “good chance” of a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Irish government is expected to approve an extra €125m (£110m) in support for Ukraine in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning. It comes after the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland for an official one-day visit.

As President Trump’s advisers continue their push to sell Russian President Vladimir Putin on a path toward ending the war in Ukraine.

Senior foreign affairs correspondent Greg Palkot discusses President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as peace talks continue on ‘Special Report.’

Some parents say they’re longing for a semblance of normalcy. Others express hope for an end to the war in the country they fled, and for peace and security for relatives left behind.