Zelenskyy is set to meet Trump and EU leaders in Washington later on Monday to seek security guarantees amid the US push to end Russia's war in Ukraine.View on euronews

The presence of several European leaders at the talks in Washington shows how central the conflict — and any settlement — is to wider security questions

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet to discuss ending Russia's war. European leaders will also attend to show support for Ukraine.

Ahead of the meeting, Trump appeared to place the onus of ending the war on the Ukrainian leader, while emphasizing that Ukraine must give up Russian-annexed Crimea and its hopes of joining NATO — key Kremlin demands.

The White House has asked Ukrainian officials whether President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would wear a suit to his meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on 18 August. Source: Axios, citing two sources directly familiar with the matter,

President Donald Trump will meet Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Aug. 18 at the White House to discuss a possible end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Ukraine's future could hinge on a hastily assembled meeting Monday at the White House as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings with him an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to show President Donald Trump a united front against Russia.

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