I’ll get it done,” the US president says ahead of peace talks with Ukraine’s president at 13:00 EST (18:00 BST).

President Donald Trump made some false claims to the press while meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday – including a long-debunked claim that the US has given Ukraine more than $300 billion in wartime aid.

President Zelensky said he is open to holding an election in his country, though cited challenges during the war. “Yes, of course,” Zelensky said in response to a question from a reporter. He said one couldn’t happen during war but the goal is to “make possible for people to do democratic,

A focal point for negotiations on ending the war with Russia has been security guarantees for Ukraine as a shield against aggression.

After witnessing the red carpet rolled out for Russian President Vladimir Putin last Friday; the jet flyover; the ride in the presidential limousine, many Ukrainians feared the American president’s bromance with the wily old KGB agent had reignited.

Zelensky said there were “two parts” that Kyiv needs as part of any peace deal, including a “strong Ukrainian army” featuring Western weaponry, training and intelligence

The Ukrainian leader said Russia can only be ‘forced’ into peace through strength and that he’s looking for President Donald Trump to provide it.

It has been rightly said that what President Trump wants President Zelensky to do would be very bad for Ukraine. Less has been said about how Zelensky could not do the sort of thing Trump put to him on Monday in Washington,