President Trump announced the news on Truth Social hours after meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will travel to Washington on August 18 to meet with US President Donald Trump to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy confirmed a meeting with President Trump at the White House Monday to discuss ending Russia’s war after the Alaska summit with Trump and Putin.

At the Alaska summit with Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded full control of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions as a condition for ending the three-year war, signaling he would not back down from what he called his core demands to “resolve the root causes” of the conflict,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that Ukraine’s defence forces are making progress in repelling Russia’s offensive on the Pokrovsk front. He also outlined what he expects the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska to achieve.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday rejected the idea that his country would give up land to end the war with Russia after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested a peace deal could include "some swapping of territories.