A working group of national security advisers and NATO representatives that will draw up a draft of security guarantees for Ukraine will be headed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed doubt that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is currently ready to end the war against Ukraine.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin will meet within the next two weeks.

US President Donald Trump has said that he discussed the global problem of missing children during a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has presented his American counterpart Donald Trump with a golf club that had been passed on to him by Ukrainian serviceman Junior Sergeant Kostiantyn Kartavtsev.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has stated that Germany will not deploy troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping mission if the war ends.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has once again accused Ukraine of carrying out an "attack" on an oil pipeline that caused a "suspension of oil supplies" to Hungary.

Péter Magyar, leader of Hungary’s opposition party Tisza, has lodged an official complaint with Russia’s ambassador to Hungary after the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service claimed that the European Commission intended to "change the regime in Budapest".

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has called for additional support for Ukraine to force Moscow to make concessions for a just and lasting peace on Monday 18 August.

The bilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will begin on Monday 18 August at 20:15 (Kyiv time).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that he has arrived in Washington for a meeting with US President Donald Trump.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has said that his government is "ready to put UK boots on the ground" in Ukraine if a ceasefire is achieved.

US President Donald Trump has said that the goal of the Alaska summit with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is to bring Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table, and no decisions on Ukrainian territory will be made without Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump predicts that his meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has a 25% chance of failure.

US President Donald Trump has said that he believes Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is arriving at the Alaska summit on Friday 15 August, with the intention of "making a deal" to end the war in Ukraine.