Doing so would require the Russian leader to “accept the failure of sitting down with a president he considers a joke from a country that doesn’t exist”

The president says he wants Zelensky and Putin to meet alone before he joins them in a potential trilateral discussion.

The Ukrainian president’s black suit-style jacket drew praise in a meeting with President Trump after his attire sparked a testy exchange in February.

The Ukrainian president’s outfit during his visit to the White House Monday reflects a change in approach since his disastrous meeting with US President Trump earlier this year.

Zelensky plans to meet Putin after establishing security guarantees, while the US works to facilitate a trilateral meeting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave President Trump an engraved golf putter Monday in the Oval Office from a Ukrainian soldier who found solace in the game after losing his leg fighting

A summit in Paris six years ago was the first and only time the two presidents ever met, flanked by French president Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel. At the time, Putin and Zelensky were looking to hash out a ceasefire deal for war in Donbas in Ukraine’s east, where Russia-backed forces were fighting Ukrainian troops.

Trump is due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with several European leaders, in Washington, D.C., on Monday.