Hungary has offered to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine twice, and the offer still stands, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a podcast broadcast on Facebook on Thursday.

The White House is mapping out next steps to end the war in Ukraine after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several European leaders joined President Trump for high stakes talks Monday.

The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants to respect the American taxpayer, and isn't interested in writing "blank checks" to support Ukraine.

The day of meetings followed Trump's Friday summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska -- and it came The high-stakes group meeting at the White House on Tuesday amounted to a "significant" step toward ending Russia's war in Ukraine,

Plans for security guarantees for Ukraine appear to be triggering unease in Moscow, which repeated objections to any role for forces from NATO countries.

Meetings in Alaska and Washington were high on pomp and low on breakthroughs, but there were two potentially significant developments.