Just after noon, European leaders including Macron, Starmer, von der Leyen, Rutte, and Meloni began arriving one by one at the White House. According to the White House schedule, Trump will first meet with Zelensky at 1:15 p.m. before greeting the European leaders, followed by a multilateral meeting with all parties at 3:00 p.m.

The Ukrainian president says Monday's talks have been "constructive" as European leaders repeat calls for a ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump said he was arranging a meeting between his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts after a summit with European leaders.

Michael O'Hanlon, foreign policy director at the Brookings Institution, joins CNBC's 'Closing Bell' to discuss his reaction to President Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and European Union leaders.

European Union ( EU) leaders have issued a fresh appeal to President Donald Trump on Ukraine, imploring him ahead of his crunch summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to protect the country and Europe's security interests and not to exclude Kyiv from any agreement.

President Trump warned that if the European Union fails to deliver on its commitment to invest $600 billion in the US, then he will ramp up tariffs against the 27-nation bloc.

The clearest indication yet of a possible route to peace negotiations between war-torn Ukraine and sanctioned Russia came at US President Donald Trump's White House meeting with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy and leading European leaders.

President Donald Trump smiles widely during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds—AFP via Senior Correspondent This article is part of The D.