Trump and Zelenskyy got along a lot better this time, and now the big question is what will happen next with Putin. Here’s how it all played out.

Trump had reportedly been offended by Zelensky’s decision to wear combat gear into the White House. But the Ukrainian president has no plans to wear a suit for Monday’s return to Washington DC, where he will this time be joined by European leaders in a show of unity following Trump’s in-person meeting with Vladimir Putin on Friday.

As Trump hosted Zelensky and European leaders to energize months of stalled efforts to halt the Russia-Ukraine war, the tone was far different than when Ukraine’s president was hounded out of the White House in February.

It is not quiet statecraft in the backroom but a gamble in front of live cameras at the White House. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.

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