How have Trump-Putin-Zelensky tensions shaped the latest Ukraine peace efforts? The world watched as U.S. President Donald Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Rome on April 26, 2025. Their brief but intense discussion at the Vatican,

Germany's defence minister has warned Ukraine not to agree to a deal which involves sweeping territorial concessions in return for a ceasefire with Russia. Boris Pistorius said Ukraine "should not go as far as the latest proposal by the American president", which he said would amount to a "capitulation".