President Donald Trump is willing to "crush" Russia's economy with sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

European leaders will join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for a meeting in Washington days after Donald Trump's summit with Russia's Putin in Alaska.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he has begun arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a pathway to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that he has arrived in Washington for a meeting with US President Donald Trump. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) Details: Zelenskyy thanked Trump for the invitation and stressed that the goal of Ukraine and its partners is to end the war "quickly and reliably",

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gushed with gratitude toward President Donald Trump during an Oval Office meeting.

Trump made the announcement after a day of talks with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of top European officials. He said he'd meet with the two leaders afterward, but did not say when.

President Trump will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday — a meeting that could play out differently than their last one in the nation’s capital back in February.

The European political heavyweights expected in Washington are Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

At least seven people were killed in an overnight Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as President Zelenskyy travels to Washington to meet with President Trump and other European leaders.