President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for a high-stakes meeting as the U.S. president pushed for a deal to end Moscow's war on its neighbor. A host of European leaders joined the pair.

Ukraine’s president condemns Russia’s “cynical” strikes before his meeting with Trump at 13:00 EST (18:00 BST).

At what was billed as an “historic” presidential summit, hastily put together in Alaska on Friday afternoon, the optics were as clear and overshadowing as the vast Chugach mountains glistening over Anchorage in the summer sun.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt scolded the media in general, and correspondent for The New York Times Shawn McCreesh in particular, for what she characterized as hostile and inaccurate coverage of President Trump's recent diplomatic efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.