Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Monday was "very good" and "constructive," as European leaders met with the US leader to discuss security guarantees for Kiev.

President Donald Trump and others mocked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in March when he showed up at the White House in his customary military-style fatigues. Zelensky apparently got the message.

Zelensky wore a black military-style suit to a cordial White House meeting with Trump, contrasting February’s tense encounter.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was thankful over a dozen times during public remarks with President Trump at the White House on Monday. Trump had criticized Zelensky during a previous meeting in February for not expressing sufficient gratitude.

“BREAKING: Zelensky did NOT wear a suit,” radical right-wing commentator David J. Freeman. who goes by “Gunther Eagleman” on social media, wrote alongside a now-deleted photo of Zelensky in a suit. “How unprofessional and DISRESPECTFUL. WTF is wrong with this guy?”

Just after noon, European leaders including Macron, Starmer, von der Leyen, Rutte, and Meloni began arriving one by one at the White House. According to the White House schedule, Trump will first meet with Zelensky at 1:15 p.m. before greeting the European leaders, followed by a multilateral meeting with all parties at 3:00 p.m.

President Trump is expected to press Ukraine to make concessions to end the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky will likely ask what, if anything, Russia is offering in return.

On August 18th Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, will enter the White House to meet Donald Trump and discuss ending the war in Ukraine. For Mr Zelensky it is a perilous moment. Since Mr Trump met Vladimir Putin,

Witness the fiery exchange as Ukrainian President Zelensky roasts reporter Brian Glenn for a fashion faux pas at the White House. 🔥

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that a full prisoner exchange was also essential to ending the war. Other European leaders also expressed their support for a cease-fire.

Donald Trump has dealt Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a new blow before the pair’s eagerly anticipated peace summit gets underway, by including Vice President JD Vance in the proceedings. Vance and Zelensky clashed bitterly during the Ukrainian’s last visit to the White House earlier this year,