Donald Trump has told Ukraine to give up hopes of getting back annexed Crimea or joining NATO as he prepares to host President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in Washington on Monday to press Kyiv into accepting a peace deal with Russia.

Ukrainian officials said the deadly strikes were a further sign that Russia had no intention of halting hostilities.

A Russian drone attack on a residential area in Kharkiv killed seven people including a toddler and a 16-year-old boy overnight, Ukrainian authorities said on Monday, as the United States presses Kyiv to accept a quick deal to end the warthat Moscow started.

President Donald Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff — one of three American participants in Friday’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin — described on Sunday several major agreements reached during the Alaska talks that he said created strong momentum toward a peace agreement with Ukraine.

Talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin produced enough movement to justify a meeting with Ukrainian and European leaders, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS on Sunday.

But the agreement stopped short of allowing Ukraine to achieve Nato membership. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Friday's meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin "will not achieve anything."