U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism for a peace deal in Ukraine after a 'very good' meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the G7 summit in France. The meeting sparked cautious optimism among G7 leaders that a peace deal could be struck.
Zelenskiy and his European allies had come to the summit hoping to impress upon Trump that Ukraine's battlefield fortunes had improved thanks to its drone incursions deep into Russia.
Trump said he would do what he could to end the conflict in Ukraine, but there were few details of any concrete steps to raise the pressure on Moscow.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Trump's statement that Russia should end the war was cause for cheer, and European leaders committed to providing Kyiv with more air defence capabilities.
