According to the agency, following his summit with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Trump has been leaning on Ukraine to reach a peace deal with Russia, the aggressor state. On Aug. 17, Trump’s administration stated that compromises would be needed on both sides.

Donald Trump said on his social media handle that Zelenskyy can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight.

Two German fighter jets were scrambled to the Romanian-Ukrainian border on Tuesday night in response to a Russian drone attack in the frontier region.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that in two weeks he should know whether progress is possible in his bid to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine and he again raised the prospect of imposing sanctions on Moscow.