U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that talks with Russia and Ukraine on a peace deal are "very well advanced" and credited Russia for its actions in the talks, as he met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House.

Zelenskyy remains adamant about NATO membership for Ukraine because it means that other security guarantees are more likely, experts say.

“Just so you understand, Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back.” “Now, in fact to be frank, we paid. We paid 60 percent of the total defaults, and it was like the U.S. — loans, guarantee grants — and we provided real money, to be clear.”