Zelenskyy, European leaders to meet with Trump on Ukraine at White House

On Sunday, a slew of European leaders announced they would beryllium accompanying Zelenskyy connected his travel to Washington, including:

• EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen
• NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
• British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
• French President Emannuel Macron
• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
• Finnish President Alexander Stubb

Mr. Trump posted connected Truth Social connected Monday greeting that "We person ne'er had truthful galore European Leaders present astatine 1 time. A large grant for America!!! Lets spot what the results volition be???"

Mr. Trump volition conscionable with Zelenskyy successful the Oval Office earlier holding a larger gathering with participating European leaders, with some events partially unfastened to cameras. 

Reporters are expected to beryllium ushered into the opening of Mr. Trump's gathering with Zelenskyy astatine 1:15 p.m., arsenic good arsenic portion of the gathering with European leaders astatine 3 p.m. Those times are taxable to change, arsenic meetings whitethorn tally long. There is nary property league scheduled with Mr. Trump and immoderate European leaders. 

Other U.S. officials volition beryllium successful the Oval Office for the gathering with Zelenskyy, including Vice President JD Vance, Rubio, White House main of unit Susie Wiles, U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff and peculiar envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg. 

Here's the afloat schedule, released by the White House:

• Noon: European leaders arrive
• 1 p.m.: Mr. Trump greets Zelenskyy 
• 1:15 p.m.: Bilateral gathering betwixt Mr. Trump and Zelenskyy successful the Oval Office
• 2:15 p.m.: Mr. Trump greets European leaders successful the State Dining Room 
• 2:30 p.m.: Mr. Trump and European leaders instrumentality a "family photo"
• 3 p.m.: Mr. Trump holds a multilateral gathering with European leaders successful the East Room

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears connected "Face the Nation" connected Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. CBS News

Rubio said connected "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that though determination wasn't a "lot of progress" successful the Alaska acme connected Friday, it resulted successful "enough movement" to warrant Monday's talks.

"If not, we wouldn't beryllium having Zelenskyy flying each the mode implicit here," Rubio said. "We wouldn't beryllium having each the Europeans coming each the mode implicit here. Now understand, and instrumentality with a atom of salt, I'm not saying we're connected the verge of a bid deal, but I americium saying that we saw movement, capable question to warrant a follow-up gathering with Zelenskyy and the Europeans, capable question for america to dedicate adjacent much clip to this."

On the anticipation of further sanctions connected Russia, specified arsenic the secondary sanctions Mr. Trump has threatened to impose, Rubio said punishing Russia present would punctual Moscow to disengage.

"The infinitesimal the president puts those further sanctions, that's the extremity of the talks. You've fundamentally locked successful astatine slightest different twelvemonth to twelvemonth and a fractional of warfare and decease and destruction," Rubio said. "We whitethorn unluckily upwind up there, but we don't privation to upwind up there. We privation to upwind up with a bid woody that ends this warfare truthful Ukraine tin spell connected with the remainder of their lives and rebuild their state and beryllium assured that this is ne'er going to hap again."

Rubio said "both sides" are going to person to marque concessions. "That's however these deals are made, whether we similar it oregon not," helium told Brennan. 

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Kathryn Watson is simply a authorities newsman for CBS News Digital, based successful Washington, D.C.