President Donald Trump is pushing for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet before a possible trilateral meeting involving the U.S.The president also ruled out sending U.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to Ukraine to defend against Russia, after seeming to leave open the possibility the day before.

The Russian president on Monday told Trump he was "open" to the idea of direct talks with Ukraine, but the next day foreign minister Sergei Lavrov watered down that already vague commitment.