President Donald Trump is “optimistic” he can achieve peace in Ukraine on the heels of the successful hostage exchange in the Middle East, a White House official told POLITICO. Trump has a meeting scheduled with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday,

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian government delegation has met with prominent American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit, a senior Kyiv official said Wednesday, before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at the White House later this week.

US President Donald Trump is "optimistic" about the possibility of achieving peace in Ukraine following the successful signing of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and the release of hostages.

President Donald Trump said that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed during a Sunday phone call the possibility of Ukraine obtaining long-range Tomahawk missiles.

Still basking in the glow of his pivotal role ending the bloodshed in Gaza, President Donald Trump is reengaging in the peace negotiations he essentially gave up on last month, inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington to discuss how to put more pressure on Russian President

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, a key ally of the Kremlin, said the U.S. giving Ukraine long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to use against Russia would lead to "nuclear war." Russia has deployed tactical nuclear weapons to its neighbor, Belarus, and they held a joint military exercise in September to practice launching them.

Trump, who has said he thought this conflict would be the “easiest” to settle, is set to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday in what could be a pivotal visit for Zelensky, who is openly seeking access to more advanced American weaponry that would let his armed forces strike targets deep inside Russia.

U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Oct. 12 calling for the reinstatement of the investigation into the 2019 impeachment proceedings against him.