The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was inside the Oval Office, he was berated by his US hosts, denied a planned luncheon and abruptly asked to leave the West Wing.

Zelensky visited the White House in February, the trip becoming a public dressing-down of the Ukrainian leader by the Trump administration.

The Prime Minister and French president Emmanuel Macron chaired a meeting of the coalition of the willing on Sunday afternoon.

It is hard to overplay the sense of despondency and sheer dread felt by Downing Street insiders as they watched Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky trade barbs in the Oval Office.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia’s rejection of a ceasefire is “complicating the situation” when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine ahead of his visit to the White House on Monday.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, co-chairs of the coalition, will be included in the virtual meeting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for NATO-style security guarantees as a prerequisite for ending Russia's war of aggression. The guarantee must function like NATO's Article 5, Zelensky told journalists in Brussels after meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered a blunt message to Donald Trump after the US president dropped his demands for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Trump’s dramatic U-turn came after he held talks with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.