Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders will urge Donald Trump on Monday to spell out his security guarantees for Ukraine in the face of Vladimir Putin’s demands that Kyiv concede land to reach a truce with Russia.
The push for clarity from the US comes on the eve of a hastily arranged meeting at the White House where the Ukrainian president and western leaders will seek to thrash out a position to end Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Zelenskyy and European leaders scrambled over the weekend to find common ground with the US, after Trump dropped his demand for an immediate ceasefire after meeting the Russian president in Alaska on Friday.