According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, European leaders are only paying lip service to peace. They say they want a ceasefire, but continue to supply weapons to Ukraine. This, he says, contrasts with the"constructive policy" of President Donald Trump, who is striving for a lasting peace settlement to truly end the war.

Lavrov said that at Friday's summit in Alaska, where Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for nearly three hours, it was clear that the US government"sincerely strives for a lasting and reliable peace." But European leaders who attended a special summit at the White House on Monday continued to insist on a ceasefire, according to Lavrov.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said of Monday's summit at the White House that European leaders failed. According to Medvedev, Trump was unfazed by the"anti-Russian warmongers."

Trump wants more summits

Following the summit with Putin in Alaska, Trump stated that he wants more summits to advance peace. He also wanted to arrange a summit between himself and Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On Monday, the White House discussed a Putin-Zelenskyy summit, with Trump present and expected to join after some time. European leaders would join later, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.