The deafening booms of the first airstrikes. Buildings bursting into flames, reduced to rubble. Terrified people hiding in basements.

U.S. President Donald Trump admitted on Feb. 21 that Russia launched the full-scale war by attacking Ukraine. Earlier in the week, Trump blamed Ukraine for starting the war, saying Kyiv "should have never started it" and instead should have "made a deal.

The United States has proposed a draft resolution for the U.N. General Assembly that stops far short of a competing European-backed statement demanding an immediate withdrawal of all of Moscow’s forces from Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a bid to broker an end to the war in Ukraine, sparking a rift with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and raising concerns among European allies that Kyiv and Europe could be cut out of peace talks.

Divides between the United States, Kyiv, and its European allies deepened after the Trump administration released a draft of a United Nations resolution regarding the Ukraine war. On Monday, the U.N.’s General Assembly is set to vote on a resolution that marks the third anniversary of the start of the Ukraine war.

Earlier today, Donald Trump doubled down on his criticisms of Europe's handling of the war in Ukraine, claiming leaders Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron "did nothing" to end it. European leaders ruled out negotiating with Russia long ago, but here's a look what they've done in recent months:

Polish President Andrzej Duda is expected to meet with President Trump on the sidelines of the Conservative Political Action conference on Saturday.