The US president said a peace agreement would be better than a "mere" ceasefire, hours after summit with Putin that produced little.

President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening “severe consequences” and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agree to halt the fighting in Ukraine.

In a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, first lady Melania Trump urged him to think about the future for world's children

Achieving a ceasefire is no longer the White House’s goal—a reversal that came directly after meeting with the Russian leader.