Steve Witkoff described a three-and-a-half-hour meeting he held with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month, part of what he called a "trust-building" assignment.

Zelenskyy's remarks come after President Donald Trump accused him of being a "dictator without elections" and presented him as an obstacle to ending the war in Ukraine, saying last week after U.S.-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia that Zelenskyy "better move fast or he's not going to have a country left."

KYIV: Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday (Feb 23) - the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion - that he was ready to quit as Ukraine's president if it meant Kyiv would be admitted to the NATO military alliance.