Facing a Trump-imposed deadline to accept a deal that favors key Russian demands, European leaders met on Saturday on the sidelines of a G20 summit while Ukraine prepares to open formal consultations with the United States in Switzerland.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would meet with President Donald Trump after the U.S. offered a peace plan for Ukraine and Russia.

American diplomats said Donald Trump was trying to achieve peace ‘with an incredible sense of momentum’