With a chance to make a better second impression in the Oval Office, gratitude diplomacy was front and center for Zelenskyy. In addition to thanking the president six times, Zelenskyy extended gratitude to Melania Trump for personally writing to Russian President Vladimir Putin to think about the Ukrainian children and urge peace.

Zelenskyy's sartorial choice seemed carefully designed to insulate him from another unceremonious exit from the Oval Office.

"White Stripes" singer Jack White slammed Trump's new Oval Office décor as "vulgar" and "gaudy" following Ukraine meeting, prompting sharp rebuke from White House officials.

This show of solidarity aims to protect Zelenskyy from pressure to accept a Trump-mediated peace with Russia following the recent Alaska Summit., World News, Times Now

Ukraine's leader is scheduled to meet with President Trump and his advisers in the Oval Office alone before an expanded meeting with European leaders.

Many European leaders are set to join Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his visit to the White House on Monday to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump. View on euronews

European leaders are on an all-out push to forestall Oval Office conflict at a crucial stage in diplomacy to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounded positive as they met at the White House on Monday as Trump pushes for an end to Russia's war on Kyiv.Zelenskyy was joined in Washington by a remarkable delegation of European leaders who rushed to the U.