Veteran White House correspondents privately grumbled as a MAGA online personality dominated the Q&A during a photo op with President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The White House asked Ukrainian officials ahead of the meeting if Zelensky would wear a suit, according to a report

The Ukrainian leader seemed mostly upbeat about his latest White House appearance, describing his meeting with Trump as "warm". His optimism, however, appeared deliberate as he sought to avoid a repeat of his last Oval Office visit and convince his American hosts to embrace the European position on ending the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting Monday with President Donald Trump — which was followed by a meeting with top European leaders — was markedly different from his February meeting with Trump in the Oval Office.

President Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday as the search for an end to the three-and-a-half-year war intensifies. Major European leaders also jetted in

The Russian foreign minister says they are neither ruling out nor committing to a meeting with the Ukrainian president.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy waves as he meets U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 18, 2025.