US president Donald Trump is set to welcome European leaders – including his Ukrainian counterpart – to the White House to discuss the ongoing war with Russia.

Following Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin’s summit in Alaska on Friday, in which no ceasefire was reached, the ‘coalition of the willing’ have rallied around Ukraine and strengthened their calls for a solution.

However there has been praise for the US, which agreed with Putin to security guarantees for Volodymyr Zelensky’s country, allowing the US to provide Ukraine with Nato-like ‘robust security guarantees’.

The coalition of the willing met virtually on Sunday in a meeting chaired by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Several European leaders including Sir Keir are joining Mr Zelensky for his meeting with Trump tomorrow, not long after a disastrous White House meeting in February.

Mr Zelensky says he will once again push for a trilateral meeting between himself, Trump and Putin after he was excluded from the Alaska summit.

What time is Zelensky meeting Trump today?

The White House has released the official timetable for the day ahead.

European leaders will arrive there at about 5pm BST (12pm EST).

An hour later, Mr Zelensky will be greeted by Trump before they head into a bilateral meeting at about 6.15pm (1.15pm EST).

Another hour later, Trump is set to greet the other European leaders for a photo call, and then at about 8pm (3pm EST) the multilateral meeting between Trump and all European leaders will begin.

It’s not yet known how long that meeting could last.

Have Trump and Putin agreed anything?

The short answer to this is no: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin left the summit in Anchorage, Alaska, without reaching an agreement for the end of the war in Ukraine.

Putin claimed the pair had come to an ‘understanding’ on the conflict, but Trump told reporters afterwards ‘there’s no deal until there’s a deal’.

‘We didn’t get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there,’ he added.

After their almost three-hour meeting, both presidents delivered a joint statement before leaving without taking questions.

Later, Trump spoke to Fox News and suggested it could be ‘up to Zelensky’ to make peace with Russia.

When asked what advice he’d give the Ukrainian president, he said: ‘Make the deal… it’s really up to President Zelensky to get it done.’

He added that European nations ‘have to get involved a little bit, but it’s up to president Zelensky’ and warned ‘Russia’s a very big power’.

Despite touting himself as a peacemaker and a dealmaker, it seems Trump fell short at this meeting – as neither leader mentioned the word ‘ceasefire’ during their historic joint news briefing.

Trump and Putin on Friday said they agreed on several points but did not disclose them, and the two acted almost like old friends in the so-called press conference.

Who are the ‘coalition of the willing’?

The coalition of the willing is a group of 33 countries, spearheaded by the UK and France, who have pledged strengthened support for Ukraine as it defends its territory against Russia.

The countries have also pledged to be part of a peacekeeping force which could potentially be deployed on Ukrainian territory – but only if a ceasefire agreement is signed.

Its aim is to facilitate peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, mediated by the US, by building up security guarantees to ensure any peace deal reached is long-lasting.

Which leaders are attending the Washington talks?

The following European leaders are joining Mr Zelensky in the US this afternoon:

• Sir Keir Starmer, UK prime minister
• Friedrich Merz, German chancellor
• Emmanuel Macron, French president
• Giorgia Meloni, Italian prime minister
• Alexander Stubb, Finnish president
• Mark Rutte, Nato secretary general
• Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president

In a post on his social media site Truth Social, Trump said it would be a ‘big day’ and a ‘great honour’ to welcome ‘so many great European leaders’.

What will be discussed during the talks?

From the perspective of Mr Zelensky and other European leaders, the priority for today’s talks seems to be that further negotiations and talks about Ukraine’s future must include Ukraine’s input.

It’s understood that during the Alaska summit on Friday Putin demanded Ukraine hand over its Donetsk and Luhansk regions as a condition for ending the war – a move which Trump reportedly endorsed privately.

However Mr Zelensky has repeated that he is not able to give up any of his country’s territory – including Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Speaking in April about the possibility of ceding land, he simply said: ‘There is nothing to talk about here. This is against our constitution.’

Article two of Ukraine’s constitution states that its sovereignty ‘extends throughout its entire territory’ which ‘within its present border is indivisible and inviolable’.

For any change to the country’s borders to happen, the Ukrainian parliament must authorise a national referendum for its citizens to vote on.

The meeting is also set to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, and whether this could be backed by US air power – however, Trump has reiterated ahead of today’s meeting that he is still totally against Ukraine joining Nato.

Trump and the European leaders may also discuss further sanctions against Russia.

What happened when Trump and Zelensky last met?

It hasn’t been that long since Trump and Mr Zelensky last met in person.

The two leaders met on the sidelines of the annual Nato summit in The Hague in June, where Trump suggested increased Nato spending could help prevent future Russian aggression against its neighbours.

Before that, the pair met in Italy at the funeral of Pope Francis, a meeting the White House described as ‘very symbolic’.

That was two months after their disastrous Oval Office in February in which the Ukrainian president was told to leave and the two leaders descending into a shouting match.

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