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 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.

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.

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.

European leaders arrived at the White House on Monday not to be met by President Donald Trump, but by the former Fox News host Monica Crowley—a snub the Trump administration is now proudly promoting.

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

European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Washington on Monday seeking an end to Moscow's invasion, after President Donald Trump dropped his push for a ceasefire following an Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

President Donald Trump holds a multilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House.