During an Oval Office meeting on August 18, 2025, Donald Trump displayed a Ukraine war map highlighting territories under Russian control — a move Russia’s Foreign Ministry called a “strong slap” for President Zelensky.

Russia struck a gas distribution station in the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding this showed the need to put economic pressure on Russia amid current US efforts to end the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian drone strike on Okhtyrka in the Sumy region injured 14 people, including a family with three young children, overnight into Wednesday, August 20.

Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.

Broadcast and cable networks went to special reports on Monday as Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to journalists in the Oval Office in advance of talks of a peace deal to settle Ukraine ‘s war with Russia.

Donald Trump met with Volodymyr Zelensky and a large group of European leaders who descended on the White House Monday to support Ukraine’s president, bracing for the possibility of another explosive series of meetings that could change the course of his country’s future.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. could support a European force in Ukraine to maintain a lasting peace in Russia's war

President Donald Trump is willing to “crush” Russia’s economy with sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy