Trump appeared to place the onus of ending the war on the Ukrainian leader and said Ukraine should give up Crimea and its hopes of joining NATO — key Kremlin demands.

President Donald Trump is scheduled on Monday to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for a high-stakes meeting as the U.S. president pushes for a deal to end Moscow's war on its neighbor. A host of European leaders will join the pair.

President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for a high-stakes meeting as the U.S. president pushed for a deal to end Moscow's war on its neighbor. A host of European leaders joined the pair.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Monday at the White House for his meeting with President Donald Trump that comes days after he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska for the first time amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump greeted Zelenskyy outside the White House around 1:15 p.m. EDT on Monday.

The European political heavyweights expected in Washington are Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shares what security guarantees it will take for him to make a deal with the U.S., during a White House press conference with President Donald Trump.

As Zelenskyy didn't wear a formal suit during the Feb. 18 meeting, users on Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction platform, placed bets on whether he would wear a suit before July. As Zelenskyy met Trump in the Oval Office on Aug. 18, Polymarket users are betting on what the U.S. president would say during the event.

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