Russian diplomats are meeting their U.S. counterparts in Istanbul for talks on normalizing diplomatic missions, three years after the Biden administration withdrew U.S. Embassy staff from Russia as Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian president is pushing for the inclusion of security guarantees - something the US president says should be dealt with by Europe.

Trump made the comments at the start of a White House meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer where Starmer was expected to make his case to the Republican president that American leadership would be critical to maintain the peace in Ukraine should the three-year war end.

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a minerals deal with Ukraine is the security guarantee Kyiv needs against Russia, brushing aside a plea from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a commitment of U.

On Thursday, Trump held a meeting with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House during which they discussed Ukraine, tariffs and the relationship between the two countries. The pair later took questions during a joint news conference where they fielded additional questions on peace between Ukraine and Russia among other topics.

CNN’s Erin Burnett reports on President Donald Trump’s comments that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will not “violate his word” on Ukraine. Trump also appeared to shift his tone from recent days on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting and a joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House.

Earlier, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the package would be Britain's largest against Russia since the early days of the Ukraine war, including more measures against vessels used to help Russia evade sanctions and targeting companies in China and elsewhere who supply military components.

Donald Trump said he trusted Russia's Vladimir Putin to stick to any Ukraine ceasefire Thursday, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to win security guarantees for Kyiv -- with

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is using a visit to Washington to press President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine as he looks to find a quick endgame to Russia’s bloody invasion of its neighbo

CNN's Boris Sanchez on Thursday identified a "telling moment" during President Donald Trump's joint press event with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The moment came when Trump was asked if Americans would help the United Kingdom if Russia launched an attack on British peacekeeping forces in Ukraine,