Surprisingly, Trump’s remarks ahead of his meeting with Zelenskyy came even after his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said that Moscow was willing to let the US and its European allies provide Nato-style security guarantees to Kyiv as part of a potential peace deal,

The two conditions Trump mentioned, relinquishing claims to Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, and halting NATO aspirations, reflect key demands made by Russian President Vladimir Putin as prerequisites for ending the war.

President Trump’s first-term ambassador to NATO, Kay Bailey Hutchison, warned on Sunday that Chinese President Xi Jinping “is watching” President Trump’s approach to negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump on Sunday said “big progress” had been made with Russia on the Ukraine conflict, as envoy Witkoff outlined that Russian President Vladimir Putin signalled for the first time he could accept Nato-style security guarantees for Kyiv.

The Ukrainian president will be supported by European allies for the talks with Donald Trump on the future of his country.

The statement comes ahead of Monday’s US-Ukraine meeting, after Trump’s Friday talks with Putin, which he said achieved little to stop the Ukraine war.

Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday but the talks failed to yield any breakthrough on a ceasefire — though White House envoy Steve Witkoff said both leaders had agreed to provide "robust security guarantees" to Ukraine.

Granta Autonomy makes drones that are used by Ukraine, and its CEO said testing in Ukraine is so important that he visits the battlefield himself.