In Photos| Trump, Zelenskyy, Starmer, Macron, Meloni and others gather at White House for Ukraine peace talks

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On August 18, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with top global leaders in a high-stakes meeting at the White House. The gathering included influential European heads of state and government working together towards advancing Ukraine’s security guarantees and exploring diplomatic solutions. This pivotal meeting focused on accelerating Ukraine’s security guarantees and exploring trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek peace. (Photo Source: Associated Press)

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President Donald Trump hosted Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also joined these discussions. (Photo Source: Associated Press)

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Donald Trump, centre, participates in a meeting with European counterparts, UK’s Keir Starmer, seated at the table from centre left, was accompanied by Emmanuel Macron, Giorgia Meloni, Friedrich Merz, and from foreground left, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. (Photo Source: Associated Press)

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During the course of their meeting, Zelenskyy revealed that he presented Trump with maps of the battlefield to demonstrate that Russia had occupied less than 1% of Ukrainian territory in the past 1,000 days and challenged the accuracy of maps being used in the Oval Office. (Photo Source: Associated Press)

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, seated from background left, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump listen during a meeting in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (Photo Source: Associated Press)

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Following the meeting, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to the press in Lafayette Park, across from the White House. Zelenskyy remarked that the visit had been comparatively more productive than his previous meetings with Trump. (Photo Source: Associated Press)

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Post the meeting, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte spoke with reporters at the White House. Rutte praised Trump for breaking the deadlock in the Russia-Ukraine negotiations and emphasised the importance of Article 5-like security guarantees for Ukraine. (Photo Source: Associated Press)

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French President Emmanuel Macron addressed press after a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine. Macon expressed that the European military should help Ukraine with ‘boots on the ground’ in the future to ensure security. (Photo Source: Associated Press)

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was in the room during Trump and Zelenskyy’s talks with European leaders, has called the meeting “a big moment”, saying it marked the first time that there has been movement in a “stalemated war of death and destruction”. (Photo Source: Associated Press)

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  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from left, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte pose for a group photo in the Grand Foyer of the White House. (Photo Source: Associated Press)