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 Ukrainian leader returned with a U.S. commitment to participate in security guarantees for Kyiv in a postwar settlement.

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.

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.

President Trump says that American troops would not be sent to Ukraine as a security guarantee for any potential peace deal to end the conflict with Russia. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor reports on the latest developments as the president says arrangements for a possible meeting between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Russian President Putin are underway.