Ukraine’s president condemns Russia’s “cynical” strikes before his meeting with Trump at 13:00 EST (18:00 BST).

There is growing concern in Washington about how President Trump will play his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, especially since Trump dropped his demand for a cease-fire before negotiating a peace deal—aligning more closely with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

O n August 18th Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, will enter the White House to meet Donald Trump and discuss ending the war in Ukraine. For Mr Zelensky it is a perilous moment. Since Mr Trump met Vladimir Putin,

Ahead of a meeting with President Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine noted that Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukrainian land became “a springboard for a new attack.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized the importance of winning security guarantees for his country in a conversation with the White House’s

President Donald Trump is due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with a number of European leaders, in Washington D.C. later on Monday.

In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the fighting.

Near Ukraine’s southern front, both soldiers and civilians said they feared President Trump would present Zelensky with an ultimatum: Accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s territorial conditions for peace,