The past seven days brought two very strange international summits.
One where President Donald Trump rolled out an actual red carpet on American soil for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A high-stakes moment on the world stage.
It was Putin's first time back on U.S. soil in more than a decade.
He received a grand welcome, complete with a military flyover and a red carpet rollout.
A few days later,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House with a hastily mobilized posse of European leaders.
The historic sequel.
President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelensky back at the White House.
The two leaders striking a cordial, collegial tone and also somewhat optimistic.
The summits were historic, momentous, if more than a little chaotic.
And yet it's unclear what, if anything, changed as a result of them.
The war grinds on.
Civilians are still dying in Ukrainian cities,
with Russian strikes hitting even as Zelensky was in Washington.
Trump approached the two Ukraine talks with his usual brand of optimism.
Let's close the deal.
Win the Nobel Prize.
But, and this will come as a huge shock, ending a war is not so simple.
I'm Hannah Rosen.