Ukrainian officials announced 13 people died and several more were injured in Russian attacks launched before world leaders meet at the White House on Monday.

O n August 18th Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, will enter the White House to meet Donald Trump and discuss ending the war in Ukraine. For Mr Zelensky it is a perilous moment. Since Mr Trump met Vladimir Putin,

Ukraine’s president condemns Russia’s “cynical” strikes before his meeting with Trump at 13:00 EST (18:00 BST).

Ahead of a meeting with President Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine noted that Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukrainian land became “a springboard for a new attack.”

Near Ukraine’s southern front, both soldiers and civilians said they feared President Trump would present Zelensky with an ultimatum: Accept Russian President Vladimir Putin’s territorial conditions for peace,

President Donald Trump is due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with a number of European leaders, in Washington D.C. later on Monday.

In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the fighting.

European leaders are to join the Ukrainian president during a visit that seeks a path to ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.