India, Aug. 23 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday set a two-week time frame to make an "important" decision on the peace efforts to end the war in Ukraine, saying that either Russia could face massive sanctions or he might "do nothing".

Earlier this week, Trump met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and several European leaders at the White House. Zelensky signalled his openness to a trilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.

Last week, the US President met Putin in Alaska and expressed satisfaction after the talks with the Russian leader.

After his meetings with Zelensky and the EU leaders, Trump said that he had begun arranging for a bilateral meeting between Putin and ...