European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a high-stakes meeting at the White House on Monday after President Trump's historic summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a post on the social platform X on Sunday that she will join the meeting “at the request of President Zelenskyy.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s office also announced he will be traveling to Washington Monday for “political talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European heads of state and government,” according to a translated statement from his office.

The statement said the purpose of the trip is the “exchange of information” with Trump after his meeting with Putin and said Merz plans to........

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