Washington, Aug. 18 -- Ahead of the meeting with US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European leaders have started arriving at the White House.

French President Emmanuel Macron, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, as well as NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and EU leader Ursula von der Leyen, have already arrived at the White House.

Rutte, von der Leyen and Starmer were the first to turn up, after meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.

Trump's meeting with Zelensky comes days after his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin...