Oscar-winning Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov was present at yesterday's meeting between Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump at the White House. Source: Chernov on Instagram;

The presence of several European leaders at the talks in Washington shows how central the conflict — and any settlement — is to wider security questions on the continent.

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and top European leaders are in Washington for make-or-break meetings with President Trump over the Russian invasion.

Ukraine's leader is scheduled to meet with President Trump and his advisers in the Oval Office alone before an expanded meeting with European leaders.

Clothes became a flashpoint at Zelenskyy’s previous Oval Office encounter in March, when Trump bristled at his military-style look and the meeting unravelled

This show of solidarity aims to protect Zelenskyy from pressure to accept a Trump-mediated peace with Russia following the recent Alaska Summit., World News, Times Now

Many European leaders are set to join Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his visit to the White House on Monday to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump. View on euronews

European leaders are on an all-out push to forestall Oval Office conflict at a crucial stage in diplomacy to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.