United States President Donald Trump has said that European countries need to take part in negotiations with Russia following his summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Speaking to Fox News after the meeting, Trump claimed that "many files were negotiated" during his talks with the Russian leader. He confirmed that he had also spent time alone with Putin, but acknowledged that "one or two points still need agreement with Putin and Zelensky." (full story)

United States President Donald Trump told Fox News' Shawn Hannity that now it was up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to "get it done," stating he expected a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ukrainian president. Trump stated that his meeting with Putin in Alaska was a "very warm meeting between two very important countries." He said that he thought they were "pretty pretty close to a deal" concerning the Ukraine crisis," and that "Ukraine has to agree to it," stating that "maybe they will say no," but he added he felt that the parties involved were "close to a deal, but I don’t ... (full story)