Zelensky to Meet Trump at White House on July 28

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, July 28, in a renewed diplomatic push to secure American support and revive stalled negotiations to end the war with Russia. The visit, confirmed by a White House official, coincides with a planned tribute for the late Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch Ukraine supporter who died on July 11.

The leaders are expected to discuss how to reinvigorate diplomacy aimed at ending a conflict now in its fifth year, following Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The meeting comes amid intensified military activity, with Ukraine conducting a series of long-range drone strikes on Russian oil infrastructure and Russia maintaining massive bombardments of Ukrainian ports and cities. Just days before the summit, a drone strike on a holiday camp in Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia killed at least 12 people, including five children, and Kyiv came under overnight attack.

Zelensky arrives in Washington while managing a significant domestic political crisis. Last week, his dismissal of popular reformist Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov triggered large-scale street...