Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to make “some compromise” on his demand that a ceasefire takes place before any talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin – as long as some security guarantees for Ukraine are established.

Analysts weighed in on what concessions Zelensky may consider making to end the war and what's likely to be off the table.

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The Kremlin is keeping its options open, but analysts said the Russian leader would probably only meet with his Ukrainian counterpart to accept a capitulation.

On "Forbes Newsroom," Cliff May, founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies discussed President Trump's separate meetings with Putin and Zelensky.

Kremlin sources reveal Putin’s shocking condition to meet Zelensky, throwing Ukraine’s leadership into turmoil just as peace talks hang in the balance. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ripped into Zelensky’s “comedy-style politics,” mocking ...

Russia has yet again ignored Donald Trump’s bid to hold a summit between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky and said attempts to resolve security issues for Kyiv without Moscow’s participation was a “road to nowhere”.

VLADIMIR Putin is ready to meet Ukraine's President Zelensky, according a top Kremlin minister - but only after working through a list of vague "issues". Pressure has been mounting on Vlad to sit down with Zelensky since the White House summit - but the ...