Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump aimed at ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Before the meeting, Zelenskyy said Russia launched multiple strikes across Ukraine overnight in an “attempt to undermine diplomatic efforts.”
He will be joined in Washington by several European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
“Russia must end this war, which it started itself,” Zelenskyy wrote on X late Sunday. “And I hope that our combined strength with America, with our European friends, will force Russia into a genuine peace.”
The summit comes just days after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. That meeting ended abruptly with no agreement and neither leader taking que