At the White House the Ukrainian leader is likely to sign a framework agreement with Trump that is said to give the US access to future revenues from state-owned mineral and fossil fuel resources in Ukraine, including oil and gas - as part of a jointly controlled fund which in part would help pay for reconstruction.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's much-anticipated meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump ended in disaster on Friday after the two leaders and US Vice President JD Vance engaged in an extraordinary exchange before the world's media at the White House over the ongoing Russia war.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance clash with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Feb. 28, 2025.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the FSB security service on Thursday that initial contacts with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump gave grounds for hope. Putin said in televised comments that Russia and the United States were ready to establish cooperation but some Western elites would seek to undermine the dialogue between them.

Russia's Security Service alleged that Ukraine's military intelligence agency was behind an assassination plot targeting Tikhon Shevkunov.