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

Emphasising a peace agreement over a ceasefire, Trump aims to end the war that has caused significant human and economic losses. President Zelenskyy's visit to D.C. could be pivotal in advancing these peace efforts.

President Donald Trump told European leaders that his goal in Friday's meeting with the Russian president is a ceasefire in Ukraine, sources tell NBC News.

Praise, positivity and punishment… these three words sum up Donald Trump’s conference call with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders. This phone call came a day ahead of the American president’s high-stakes summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

The US president has ruled out any trilateral meeting including Volodymyr Zelenskyy - for now this is a Trump-Putin power play.

Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video released Aug. 9.