The show of unity comes amid fears Volodymyr Zelensky could be in for a repeat of his last tumultuous visit to the White House at the end of February

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will join the PM in hosting the "coalition of the willing".

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is bringing with him to the White House an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to show U.S. President Donald Trump a united front against Russia.

Sir Keir Starmer and five other European leaders will accompany Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington, in a major show of unity ahead of peace talks with Donald Trump. The Ukrainian war leader will land in the US as he returns to the White House after President Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - European leaders accompanied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington, the United States, on August 18, 2025, to meet with President Donald Trump. This meeting took place after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska the previous week.

Donald Trump's public dismissal of previous European calls for a ceasefire - after his tete-a-tete with Vladimir Putin - has only highlighted divisions. But Sir Keir Starmer and his allies have no choice but to keep their criticism of the Alaskan summit implicit,