US President Donald Trump on Friday likened the prospect of bringing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toge.

President Donald Trump said Friday he would “rather not” join a potential meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, though he left the door open.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy handed Donald Trump a letter for his wife, Melania, days after she delivered a note to Russian President Vladimir Putin

Trump meets with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House. Hurricane Erin forecast to bring life-threatening surf and rip currents to East Coast. And promising medication for children with an ultra-rare and often fatal disease faces a major FDA setback.

Zelenskyy was again ushered into the the White House on Aug. 18 − this time wearing a black suit − to face a renewed U.S. hard line on peace talks after Trump's Aug. 15 meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Putin was ready to meet Ukraine's leader "when the agenda is ready for a summit, and this agenda is not ready at all", accusing Zelensky of saying "no to everything".

U.S. President Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia on Friday if there is no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine in two weeks, showing frustration at Moscow a week after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.