President Trump and European leaders met for a one-of-a-kind summit at the White House on Monday to push toward a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

But by the end of a marathon day of meetings, details on what such an agreement might entail remained elusive.

One major bit of news did emerge: Trump announced he had called Russian President Vladimir Putin and is working on arranging a meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He would then work on all three of them meeting some time after. A time and location, however, is to be determined.

The high-stakes discussions between Trump, Zelensky and a host of European leaders who descended on the White House involved talks of establishing a ceasefire as a peace agreement is sorted out as well as what security guarantees for Ukraine would look like.

Everyone seemed to keep the mood delicately cordial, keeping the focus on the collective goal of ending the war.

Trump did not engage with questions that set him up to criticize Ukraine. European officials credited Trump for opening up a path to peace, and Zelensky repeatedly thanked Trump for his efforts to stop the war, a far different atmosphere from the one Zelensky was met with in February.

European leaders appeared to support the idea of a trilateral meeting between Trump, Zelensky and Putin, though some stressed the importance of........

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