Live updates: Trump set to discuss Russia-Ukraine peace with Zelensky, European allies

Desmond Milligan · August 18

President Trump will meet Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a high-stakes Oval Office meeting, three days after flying to Alaska to discuss peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

European leaders will be at the White House to back up Zelensky, a clear effort by Ukraine’s allies to prevent the meeting from going off the rails like the infamous one involving Zelensky, Trump and Vice President Vance in February. Here’s the schedule for their meetings.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday that the U.S. Trump and Putin agreed to “robust” security guarantees, including “effectively” offering Ukraine Article 5-like protection, during their historic Friday meeting.

But many points of contention remain, Secretary of State Marco Rubio conceded Sunday. “We made progress in the sense that we identified potential areas of agreement, but there remain some big areas of disagreement,” Rubio told ABC’s Martha Raddatz.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Sunday that authorities arrested 68 people overnight in Washington, D.C., amid a federal crackdown on crime that involves the National Guard patrolling the nation’s capital along with a federalized the police force. Amid the crackdown, D.C. restaurants have taken a hit.

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