US President Donald Trump has ditched his call for a ceasefire in Ukraine, backing instead Russian President Vladimir Putin’s push for a permanent peace agreement. That has not stopped some European leaders from pushing for a temporary truce first, even though the US president has seemingly decided one is not necessary.

Major questions remain over what both sides might accept after Trump held successive talks with Putin and Zelensky.

President Donald Trump has spent the past several days on a diplomatic sprint, setting the groundwork for a potential trilateral meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss pathways to end the yearslong war.

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

Russia’s goal is to destabilize Europe, a report released Tuesday by the International Institute for Strategic Studies said.