After a meeting at the White House on Monday, the French president said that if there is no progress in talks, Russia should be hit with more sanctions.

Russian politicians have ridiculed European leaders following their White House meeting on the Ukraine war. Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev called the "anti-Russian warmongering Coalition of the Willing" ineffective,

President Donald Trump remarked in private comments to French President Emmanuel Macron that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin "wants to make a deal" with Ukraine for peace.

President Trump hosted European leaders on Aug. 18. In a private comment to French President Emmanuel Macron caught on a hot mic, he mentioned a deal.

It is quite possible that Monday's meeting in the White House could prove even more crucial to the future of Ukraine - and for all of Europe's security - than last Friday's US-Russia summit in Alaska. On the surface, that Putin-Trump reunion seemed to live down to every expectation.

I think he [Russian President Vladimir Putin] wants to make a deal,” Trump whispered to French President Emmanuel Macron in the East Room.