Trump, Zelensky to meet in Washington next week after US-Russia summit ends without agreement * Top European leaders to join Zelensky in Washington for Trump talks * Putin offers Trump frozen battle lines,

All eyes will be on the high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday.

The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was inside the Oval Office, he was berated by his US hosts, denied a planned luncheon and abruptly asked to leave the West Wing.

Zelensky visited the White House in February, the trip becoming a public dressing-down of the Ukrainian leader by the Trump administration.

It is hard to overplay the sense of despondency and sheer dread felt by Downing Street insiders as they watched Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky trade barbs in the Oval Office.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia’s rejection of a ceasefire is “complicating the situation” when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine ahead of his visit to the White House on Monday.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered a blunt message to Donald Trump after the US president dropped his demands for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Trump’s dramatic U-turn came after he held talks with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.