The Ukrainian leader seemed mostly upbeat about his latest White House appearance, describing his meeting with Trump as "warm". His optimism, however, appeared deliberate as he sought to avoid a repeat of his last Oval Office visit and convince his American hosts to embrace the European position on ending the war.

European leaders arrived at the White House on Monday not to be met by President Donald Trump, but by the former Fox News host Monica Crowley—a snub the Trump administration is now proudly promoting.

The White House asked Ukrainian officials ahead of the meeting if Zelensky would wear a suit, according to a report

Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.

"Human Events" editor Jack Posobiec, from the "New Media Seat" at today's White House briefing, asked for details on what role the U.S. would play in a reported "Article Five-like" security guarantee for Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire.

On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who sat in on the meetings with Mr. Putin at the American air base outside of Anchorage, disputed the idea that the Europeans were coming as a posse to protect Mr. Zelensky from a repeat of the February shouting match.

President Donald Trump is ratcheting up pressure on Ukraine to agree to terms to end the war with Russia, echoing some of Moscow’s talking points two days after meeting President Vladimir Putin.