Trump-Zelenskyy meeting: What’s the schedule, what’s at stake?

United States President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for high-stakes peace talks at the White House on Monday.

After a summit in Alaska on Friday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Trump suggested on Sunday that a peace agreement could come quickly if Zelenskyy cedes eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region to Russia. The summit had ended with no peace deal despite high hopes leading up to it.Zelenskyy will be joined in Washington, DC, by several European leaders who will be there to support Ukraine’s position and push for its direct involvement in any peace deal and for that deal to be backed by US security guarantees.

So when will the meeting be? Who’s going to be there? And what will be said? Here’s all you need to know:

When will the meetings be and where?
The meetings will be in the White House in the US capital.

Delegations will arrive around midday, and several hours of meetings will follow. Here’s the schedule:

Noon (16:00 GMT): European leaders arrive at the White House.
1pm (17:00 GMT): Zelenskyy arrives at the White House.
1:15pm (17:15 GMT): Meeting held between Trump and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.
2:15pm (18:15 GMT): Trump greets the European leaders in the State Dining Room.
2:30pm (18:30 GMT): A “family photo” taken in Cross Hall.
3pm (19:00 GMT): A multilateral meeting held in the East Room.
Who will be attending?
In addition to Trump, confirmed participants at Monday’s meeting are:

Finnish President Alexander Stubb
French President Emmanuel Macron
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte

What are they going to discuss?
One of the most important items on the agenda will be Putin’s territorial demands in Ukraine. To date, Zelenskyy has refused to consider the possibility of ceding Ukrainian territory to bring about peace.These security guarantees are likely to be on the agenda as well to hash out their principles and implementation.

On Sunday, special Trump envoy Steve Witkoff told CNN that Putin had agreed for the US and Europe to provide future security protections to Ukraine, similar to NATO’s Article 5 self-defence pact. Under Article 5, an attack against a NATO member is considered an attack against all members of the military alliance.

Von der Leyen welcomed the proposal of NATO-style security guarantees from the US, noting that the “coalition of the willing, including the European Union, is ready to do its share”.

It is also expected that Trump will brief attendees on the behind-the-scenes details of his talks with Putin.