Ukraine’s president condemns Russia’s “cynical” strikes before his meeting with Trump at 13:00 EST (18:00 BST).

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is headed to Washington, DC, today (August 18), and he will be accompanied by European leaders, including Germany’s Friedrich Merz, the UK’s Keir Starmer, and France’s Emmanuel Macron.

It is quite possible that Monday's meeting in the White House could prove even more crucial to the future of Ukraine - and for all of Europe's security - than last Friday's US-Russia summit in Alaska. On the surface, that Putin-Trump reunion seemed to live down to every expectation.

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