As President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and top European leaders to energize months of stalled U.S.-led efforts to halt Russia's 3 1/2-year-old war, the tone and style of the sit-down was far different than when Zelenskyy was hounded out of the White House in February.

Trump didn't rule out the possibility of American troops' helping to guarantee peace between Ukraine and Russia should the leaders reach an agreement.

Ukraine's leader is scheduled to meet with President Trump and his advisers in the Oval Office alone before an expanded meeting with European leaders.

Clothes became a flashpoint at Zelenskyy’s previous Oval Office encounter in March, when Trump bristled at his military-style look and the meeting unravelled

This show of solidarity aims to protect Zelenskyy from pressure to accept a Trump-mediated peace with Russia following the recent Alaska Summit., World News, Times Now

European leaders are on an all-out push to forestall Oval Office conflict at a crucial stage in diplomacy to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.