U.S. President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on August 18 in the Oval Office, alongside European leaders from Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. The meeting followed Trump’s August 15 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska.

European leaders and President Donald Trump were keen to put on a united front while welcoming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for a high-stakes meeting, and largely did just that.

Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump to allow the U.S. and European allies to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the 3 1/2-year war.

President Trump met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and several other European leaders on Monday to discuss the terms for a potential cease-fire with Russia. Mr. Trump also spoke with President Vladimir V.

U.S. President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end Russia's war there, though the extent of any assistance was not immediately clear.