European leaders will join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for a meeting in Washington days after Donald Trump's summit with Russia's Putin in Alaska.

President Donald Trump told "Fox & Friends" that he stepped away from his meeting with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders on Monday to speak with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Trump was asked about the reactions of the other leaders in the room, as well as Putin's reaction.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that he has arrived in Washington for a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) Details: Zelenskyy thanked Trump for the invitation and stressed that the goal of Ukraine and its partners is to end the war "quickly and reliably",

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he has begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Trump made the announcement after a day of talks with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of top European officials. He said he'd meet with the two leaders afterward, but did not say when.

President Trump will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday — a meeting that could play out differently than their last one in the nation’s capital back in February.

At least seven people were killed in an overnight Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as President Zelenskyy travels to Washington to meet with President Trump and other European leaders.

The European political heavyweights expected in Washington are Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Since 2011, Washingtonians have been allowed to vote by mail in all elections. Now the president is attempting to stop that process with an executive order.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Tuesday that he believes President Donald Trump is prepared to “crush” Russia’s economy with a new wave of sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the coming weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting in the Oval Office was notably different from their last encounter in February.