On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who sat in on the meetings with Mr. Putin at the American air base outside of Anchorage, disputed the idea that the Europeans were coming as a posse to protect Mr. Zelensky from a repeat of the February shouting match.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called in reinforcements for his Monday meeting with President Donald Trump in hopes of avoiding another diplomatic dust-up. The move comes after Zelensky left his February visit to the White House in a huff after a heated exchange with Trump over the conditions of America’s aid package for Ukraine—which has been fighting off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion since 2022.

Speaking in Brussels today, the Ukrainian president insisted that his country's constitution made it 'impossible to give up territory or trade land'.