BySara Dorn

BySara Dorn,

Forbes Staff.

President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their meeting Monday at the White House he doesn’t think Russia and Ukraine need a ceasefire agreement, repeating a stance he adopted after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

Trump told Zelenskyy he would give Ukraine “very good protection and very good security” when asked about security guarantees for Ukraine during his meeting with Zelenskyy on Monday afternoon, a key demand Zelenskyy is seeking in exchange for an agreement to end the war with Russia.