Zelenskyy's outfit instead appeared to show an attempt to strike a middle ground between independence and receptivity to Trump.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders including Sir Keir Starmer will meet Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to map out a peace deal amid fears the US president could try to pressure Kyiv into accepting a settlement favourable to Russia.

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed hope their summit with European leaders could result in trilateral talks with Vladimir Putin over ending the Russian leader’s war in Ukraine.