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”

Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.

President Trump seeks to broker a meeting of the two leaders to end Europe’s most destructive war in generations.

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.

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.

In February, it was Brian Glenn, the chief White House correspondent for ‘Real America’s Voice,’ who called out Zelensky’s attire as inappropriate in a tense Oval Office meeting. This time, with Zelensky in a black suit jacket and button down shirt,

In February, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, when he accused the Ukrainian leader of not thanking the U.S. for its support in their fight against the Russian invasion.

Residents in Kyiv have expressed relief following Monday’s talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, President Trump, and other European leaders at the White House. They also expressed support for Zelensky’s refusal to cede territory to Russia as Trump pushes for a meeting between Russian President Putin and Zelensky.