European leaders to join Zelensky at White House meeting with Trump

British PM Sir Keir Starmer will be among those joining the Ukrainian leader on the US trip.

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Those travelling include UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

It comes after Trump failed to reach a deal on ending the war in Ukraine during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.

The US president has since said he wants to bypass securing a ceasefire in Ukraine in favour of a permanent peace agreement.

Securing a ceasefire in Ukraine had been one of Trump's core demands before meeting Putin, but he afterwards posted on social media that they "often times do not hold up" and that it would be better "to go directly to a peace agreement".