French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will join the PM in hosting the "coalition of the willing".

The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was inside the Oval Office, he was berated by his US hosts, denied a planned luncheon and abruptly asked to leave the West Wing.

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, German chancellor Friedrich Merz and Finnish president Alexander Stubb were the first leaders to confirm they will join Mr Zelensky in Washington DC.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington on Monday together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders, according to government spokesman Stefan Kornelius.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia’s rejection of a ceasefire is “complicating the situation” when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine ahead of his visit to the White House on Monday.

EXCLUSIVE: Volodymyr Zelensky "would never would want to be the president that gives a fifth of his country to a bully", an expert said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia could step up strikes on Kyiv after the Putin-Trump summit, which failed to yield a cease-fire deal, and with news of his own trip to

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday not to give eastern Ukrainian land to Russia, saying that abandoning the Donbas region would open the door for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “start a third war” in Ukraine.