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Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make his second visit to the White House on Monday with the daunting task of reversing the damage done to Ukraine\u2019s security prospects by Friday\u2019s Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.<\/strong><\/p>\n But as Julian Borger<\/a><\/strong> writes in this analysis<\/a>, the Ukrainian president will not be alone as he was on his first trip to the White House in February, when he was ambushed and humiliated by Donald Trump<\/a> and vice-president JD Vance, who sought to bully him into capitulation to Moscow\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n This time the Ukrainian leader comes to Washington flanked by a dream team of European leaders<\/a>, including Britain\u2019s Keir Starmer, Germany\u2019s Friedrich Merz and France\u2019s Emmanuel Macron, who combine economic and military clout with proven rapport with Trump.<\/p>\n Their mission will be to use their individual and combined influence to coax the president out of the pro-Russian positions he adopted after just a couple of hours under Putin\u2019s sway<\/a> in the sub-Arctic on Friday.<\/p>\n The full analysis is here:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.55 EDT<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s foreign minister has called for stepped-up pressure on Russia, including more aid for Ukraine<\/a>, to push Moscow into concessions toward a \u201cjust and lasting peace\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n Johann Wadephul<\/strong> was speaking in Tokyo ahead of the summit between Donald Trump<\/strong>, Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> and European leaders including German chancellor Friedrich Merz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is probably not an exaggeration to say the whole world is looking to Washington,\u201d Reuters quotes Wadephul as saying at a press briefing on Monday alongside Japan\u2019s foreign minister.<\/p>\n \u201cFirm security guarantees are central\u201d because \u201cUkraine must be able to defend itself effectively even after a ceasefire and peace agreement\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.57 EDT<\/p>\n The White House has released the timings for the day\u2019s events in Washington DC.<\/strong><\/p>\n Donald Trump is to hold a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> at 1.15pm (5.15pm GMT) on Monday at the White House.<\/p>\n Trump will then participate in a multilateral meeting with European leaders visiting Washington at 3pm (7pm GMT).<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here are some of the scenes in Washington DC amid the security operation<\/strong> for Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> and European leaders\u2019 visit for their crucial talks with Donald Trump.<\/p>\n Security fences are unloaded on a blocked road across from the White House. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP\/Getty ImagesA man walks near a blocked road across from the White House. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP\/Getty ImagesA member of the secret service prepares to set up a security screening as flowers are loaded into a car by guest services at a hotel across from the White House. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP\/Getty ImagesA secret service member near a blocked road across from the White House. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP\/Getty ImagesSecurity fences are unloaded on a blocked road near the White House. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a001.39 EDT<\/p>\n In saying that \u201cpeace must be lasting\u201d, Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said on X<\/a> that must be \u201cnot like it was years ago<\/strong>, when Ukraine was forced to give up Crimea and part of our East \u2013part of Donbas \u2013 and Putin simply used it as a springboard for a new attack\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cOr when Ukraine<\/a> was given so called \u2018security guarantees\u2019 in 1994, but they didn\u2019t work,\u201d the Ukrainian president said.<\/p>\n Now, our soldiers have successes in Donetsk and Sumy regions. I am confident that we will defend Ukraine, effectively guarantee security, and that our people will always be grateful to President Trump, everyone in America, and every partner and ally for their support and invaluable assistance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a>Opening summary<\/p>\n Welcome to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared \u201cRussia must end this war\u201d as he arrived in Washington DC ahead of crucial talks with Donald Trump<\/a> over the Russia-Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n A host of European leaders will join Zelenskyy on Monday for the summit as they seek to provide a counterpoint to Vladimir Putin\u2019s arguments following his talks with the US president on Friday.<\/p>\n The leaders \u2013 British prime minister Keir Starmer, French president Emmanuel Macron, German chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and Finnish president Alexander Stubb \u2013 cleared their diaries to fly to the US at short notice, which is seen as a measure of how alarmed they were<\/a> by Friday\u2019s Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage.<\/p>\n After the Alaska talks Trump reportedly endorsed the Kremlin\u2019s plan to end the war in Ukraine, including Kyiv giving up territory<\/a> that Russia has been unable to seize and no ceasefire until a final deal has been agreed.<\/p>\n Zelenskyy said in a post on X<\/a> after arriving in Washington DC late on Sunday that he was grateful to Trump for the invitation and \u201cwe all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably\u201d. He also said that \u201cpeace must be lasting\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cRussia must end this war, which it itself started,\u201d Zelenskyy said. \u201cAnd I hope that our joint strength with America, with our European friends, will force Russia<\/a> into a real peace.\u201d<\/p>\n Here are some of the latest developments:<\/p>\n Zelenskyy met European leaders in Brussels earlier on Sunday and reiterated Ukraine\u2019s stance on land swaps<\/strong>, saying on X: \u201cUkraine\u2019s constitution makes it impossible to give up or trade land. Since the territorial issue is so important, it should be discussed only by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia at the trilateral \u2013 Ukraine, the US, Russia. So far, Russia gives no sign this will happen, and if Russia refuses, new sanctions must follow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Ahead of Monday\u2019s peace talks in the US, Emmanuel Macron said that in order to have a \u201clasting peace deal for Ukraine<\/a>, Ukraine needs a strong army\u201d. <\/strong>He added that European allies want \u201cUkraine\u2019s territorial integrity to be respected\u201d and that \u201cUkraine must be represented in any talks on Ukraine\u2019s future\u201d. The French president also said that \u201cour goal for tomorrow\u2019s talks is to present a united front between Ukraine and its European allies\u201d. The Washington talks will also be attended by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen<\/a>, and Nato\u2019s secretary general, Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday. Photograph: AP<\/p>\n Zelenskyy has hailed the decision to offer security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal<\/strong> as he prepared to meet Trump. \u201cSecurity guarantees, as a result of our joint work, must really be very practical, delivering protection on land, in the air and at sea, and must be developed with Europe\u2019s participation,\u201d the Ukrainian president said.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n In announcing his visit to Washington, Keir Starmer praised Trump for his \u201cefforts to end Russia\u2019s illegal war in Ukraine\u201d.<\/strong> At the same time, the British PM reasserted Europe\u2019s red lines, saying the \u201cpath to peace\u201d could not be decided without Zelenskyy and that Russia should be \u201csqueezed\u201d with further sanctions. Starmer has deliberately sought to position himself as a leader who can get along with Trump<\/a> while consistently stressing the red lines over any peace plan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio<\/a>, said Russia and Ukraine were both \u201cgoing to have to make concessions<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> for there to be a peaceful resolution to the war. In interviews on Sunday Rubio said the talks in Alaska had \u201cmade progress in the sense that we identified potential areas of agreement \u2013 but there remains some big areas of disagreement\u201d. \u201cWe\u2019re still a long ways off,\u201d Rubio added. \u201cWe\u2019re not at the precipice of a peace agreement. We\u2019re not at the edge of one. But I do think progress was made and towards one.\u201d He declined to go into specific areas of agreement or disagreement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Trump\u2019s Ukraine envoy, Steve Witkoff, said Putin had agreed that the US and European allies could offer Ukraine a Nato-style, \u201cArticle 5-like\u201d security guarantee<\/strong> as part of an eventual deal to end the war. Witkoff added that Russia<\/a> had agreed to unspecified concessions on five Ukrainian regions central to the war, particularly the eastern Donetsk province. \u201cWe agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as gamechanging,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia\u2019s envoy to international organisations in Vienna, said early on Monday that Russia agreed that any future peace agreement must provide security guarantees<\/strong> to Kyiv, but added that Russia \u201chas equal right to expect that Moscow will also get efficient security guarantees\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n European Union council president Antonio Costa said he \u201cwelcomed the United States\u2019 willingness to participate in providing security guarantees to Ukraine\u201d. <\/strong>He said: \u201cTransatlantic unity is paramount at this moment to achieve a sustainable peace in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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