The meeting at the White House comes after a dramatic summit between Trump and Putin in Alaska that saw the U.S. president welcome the Russian leader to American soil for the first time in nearly a decade and pull back from his threat to slap new sanctions on Moscow,

The head of the European Union's executive branch says this was at Zelenskyy's request. As Cristian Benavides explains, Zelenskyy is looking to avoid a repeat of that infamous February meeting he had with Trump in the Oval Office.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders will travel to the United States to discuss peace efforts for Ukraine with President Donald Trump, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on X.