Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and top European leaders arrive in Washington for make-or-break meetings with President Trump and his team.

Trump appeared to place the onus of ending the war on the Ukrainian leader and said Ukraine should give up Crimea and its hopes of joining NATO — key Kremlin demands.

The European political heavyweights expected in Washington are Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

As Zelenskyy didn't wear a formal suit during the Feb. 18 meeting, users on Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction platform, placed bets on whether he would wear a suit before July. As Zelenskyy met Trump in the Oval Office on Aug. 18, Polymarket users are betting on what the U.S. president would say during the event.

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Plus, police are searching for multiple gunmen after a shooting at a Brooklyn nightclub left three dead and 10 injured.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy relationship has evolved over the years as the political dynamics have changed.