Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to President Donald Trump's history as a dealmaker on Friday, offering flattering words as he sought the U.S. president's leadership in negotiations that could end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Upending years of U.S. support for Ukraine, President Donald Trump is pushing for an end to the war in Ukraine, suggesting the country cede territory to Russia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and European defense ministers had expressed concern that they might not be present for talks between President Trump and Russia’s leader to end the war.

The Kremlin said on Friday that the Group of Seven nations no longer united the world's fastest growing economies and had therefore lost much of its relevance after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would love to have Russia return to the group.

Russia should rejoin the Group of 7, an economic and political forum of advanced democracies that it was suspended from following its 2014 invasion of Ukraine, President Donald Trump said Thursday. "I'd love to have them back.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed serious reservations about US President Donald Trump's proposal to reinstate Russia to the Group of Seven (G7) group of leading economies. "As G7 partners,