Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that President Donald Trump's position on the war in Ukraine hasn't changed after Friday's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and that Ukraine's involvement is essential for a peace deal.

Talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin produced enough movement to justify a meeting with Ukrainian and European leaders, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS on Sunday.

Trump’s phony narrative about the Russian invasion is only the latest in a long line of false claims from the president about the war.

Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter that calls for peace in Ukraine, having her husband President Donald Trump hand-deliver it to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Friday meeting in Alaska.

The United States will keep trying to create a scenario to help end Russia's war with Ukraine, but that might not be possible, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS on Sunday.

Speaking after Friday’s summit, President Putin again implied that the war is all about Russia’s diminished status since the fall of the Soviet Union.

In eastern Ukraine, quiet nights in the dim corridors of a front-line medical post can shatter in an instant. It was not an isolated case, but part of a broader shift in the war where medical evacuation has become increasingly difficult.