Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- The US President Donald Trump, on Monday, met with Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, alongside other European leaders at the White House for what turned out to be a crucial but inconclusive push to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

This is the first time the meeting has been held at the White House since Mr Zelensky's February meeting at the Oval Office, which ended in chaos.

Monday's meeting focused primarily on security guarantees for Ukraine once a deal to end the war with Russia is reached. Mr Trump said he also spoke to President Vladimir Putin of Russia to begin setting up a possible direct meeting between him and his Ukrainian counterpart.

The US president also disclosed that he had "begun arrangements" for ...