The US and Russia are in talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Ukraine hasn’t been invited to the talks. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has said he won’t recognise a peace deal that is negotiated without his country being involved in the negotiation.

National Security Advisor Mike Waltz suggested on Sunday that Ukraine needed to give up territory to Russia to end the years-long war, a nonstarter for the European nation that has been at verbal odds with Donald Trump’s administration.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday Europe was at a crossroads in history and must do the heavy lifting to defend itself as world leaders met in London to discuss ways of working together to stop Russia's war in Ukraine.

European leaders sought to assemble what Britain called a “coalition of the willing” to secure Ukraine after any US-brokered ceasefire, as they gathered in London to coordinate defense spending hikes amid concerns of an American pullback.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britain, France and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States.