The meeting at the White House comes after a much-hyped summit between Trump and Putin that saw the U.S. president flex his deal-making skills but achieve no major breakthrough in peace negotiations over Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flies to Washington, D.C., on Monday under heavy U.S. pressure to agree to a swift end to Russia's war in his country but determined to defend Kyiv's interests — without sparking a second Oval Office bust-up with U.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, along with other European leaders, will travel to Washington to attend a joint meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday 18 August.