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The agenda for the meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders with US President Donald Trump at the White House has been revealed.
At 1:15 PM local time (7:15 PM Albanian time), the meeting between the Ukrainian and American leaders will be held, followed by a greeting from European leaders at 8:15 PM.
A group photo is scheduled after a quarter of an hour, followed by a joint meeting at 9:00 PM.
Meanwhile, there is still no official timetable for when the meeting might end and whether there will be a peace agreement.
Trump has ruled out the possibility of retaking Crimea from Ukraine or joining NATO as European leaders gather in Washington today. The US president's comments could be a setback for Volodymyr Zelensky as he flies to the US for a crucial Oval Office meeting after the Alaska summit.
US President Donald Trump has sent an ultimatum to Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine in a post on Truth Social hours before the meeting at the White House.
Trump has been pressuring Zelensky ahead of Monday's talks in Washington with European leaders, saying the Ukrainian president could end the war "almost immediately" if he wanted to. The US president also ruled out allowing Ukraine to join NATO or retake Russian-occupied Crimea as part of negotiations with Moscow.
Trump posted the comments on his Truth Social platform on Sunday evening, hours before meeting with European leaders including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Zelensky in the Oval Office, in an attempt to oppose a US-backed plan that would see Ukraine give up territory.
"President Zelensky of Ukraine could end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wanted to, or he could continue to fight.
"We can't give back the Crimea that Obama gave us 12 years ago, without a shot being fired, and there's no NATO for Ukraine. Some things never change!!!" Trump wrote in Truth.
A minute later, the US president tweeted that it would be a "great honor" to host so many European leaders at the same time at the White House.
Even before Trump's comments on Sunday, Zelensky faces a difficult task of reversing the damage done to Ukraine's security prospects by Friday's Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
Earlier, Trump accused the media of misrepresenting his "big meeting in Alaska," a meeting widely seen as a victory for Putin and a humiliation for the U.S. president. On Sunday, Trump claimed to have made "big progress" on Russia, without providing details.
European leaders on Monday will reaffirm their support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and argue against any land swap plan that rewards Russian aggression. They will also seek further clarification on what security guarantees the United States is prepared to provide in the event of a settlement.
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's envoy to international organizations in Vienna, said early Monday that Russia agrees that any future peace deal in Ukraine must provide security guarantees to Kiev, but added that Russia "has an equal right to expect that Moscow will also receive effective security guarantees."
In a conciliatory statement announcing his visit to Washington, Starmer praised Trump for his “efforts to end Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.” At the same time, Starmer reaffirmed Europe’s red lines. He said the “path to peace” could not be established without Zelenskyy and said Russia must be “squeezed” with further sanctions.
Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, told CNN that Putin had agreed for the first time that the U.S. and Europe would provide defense to Ukraine as part of a deal. That would be outside the purview of NATO, but would be equivalent to the alliance's Article 5 self-defense pact, Witkoff said. @Pamphlet
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