Trump-Zelensky LIVE: Ukraine leader keeps Donald Trump waiting ahead of huge meeting

Volodymyr Zelensky has kept US President Donald Trump waiting this afternoon, ahead of their crunch talks. The Ukrainian President was scheduled to be welcomed to the White House at 6pm BST. However, well after 6.10pm, he was still on his way to Mr Trump's official residence in Washington DC.

British PM Sir Keir Starmer arrived at the White House in Washington DC alongside other European and NATO leaders for crunch talks on the Russia-Ukraine War. Other leaders present include French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, as well as Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

This comes as US President Donald Trump boasted he knows "exactly" what he is doing in a social media post he shared on Truth Social on Monday, just hours before his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky. After claiming he settled "six wars in six months", he said: "I know exactly what I am doing, and I don't need the advice of people of people who have been working on all of these conflicts for years, and were never able to do a thing to stop them". Mr Trump will host Mr Zelensky at the White House today for the first time since February, when the pair plunged into a shouting match and failed to reach an agreement on Ukraine's rare earth minerals.

This comes amid reports the White House asked Ukrainian officials if President Zelensky will wear a suit today, as he is to meet US President Donald Trump, it has been claimed. Axios correspondent Barak Ravid wrote on X: "The White House asked Ukrainian officials if President Volodymyr Zelensky will wear a suit to his meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday, per two sources with direct knowledge." In February, Mr Zelensky was lambasted for not wearing a suit upon meeting JD Vance and Mr Trump at the White House.

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