Trump: “President Zelensky can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight."

LIVEBLOG: Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky will meet, Donald Trump has said after a White House summit with European leaders aimed at bringing an end to the Ukraine war.

Another major talking point is on security guarantees. Trump says security guarantees for Ukraine would be "provided" by European countries with "coordination" by the US. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told the BBC that the UK negotiators will shortly be arriving in Washington for further planning on this.

Donald Trump has told Ukraine to give up hopes of getting back annexed Crimea or joining NATO as he prepares to host President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in Washington on Monday to press Kyiv into accepting a peace deal with Russia.

The brutal Russian attack using strategic bombers came just hours after Putin and Trump spoke on the phone about a potential road to peace in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump on Sunday night declared that Kyiv would not be regaining Moscow-annexed Crimea, nor would it be allowed to join NATO.

The horrific attacks came even as Donald Trump claimed the Russian tyrant had agreed to peace talks with Volodymyr Zelensky, with hopes that a meeting would take place by the end of August.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for NATO-style security guarantees as a prerequisite for ending Russia's war of aggression. The guarantee must function like NATO's Article 5, Zelensky told journalists in Brussels after meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

The Ukrainian president’s outfit during his visit to the White House Monday reflects a change in tactics since his disastrous meeting with President Trump earlier this year.