Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with President Donald Trump on Monday in the White House after the U.S. president and Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't reach a deal Friday on a cease-fire.
Trump's stance shifted to an end to the 3 1/2-year-old war that began with Russia's invasion of the sovereign nation. The two leaders and their aides met for 3 1/2 hours in Anchorage, Alaska.
Besides speaking with Zelensky, Trump also briefed European leaders on his trip back to Washington, D.C.
"It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post at 4:46 a.m. Saturday.
Trump confirmed a person-to-person meeting with Zelensky.
