Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has berated Russia over ‘complicating’ efforts to end the war by refusing a ceasefire as he prepares to meet Donald Trump.

Zelensky will visit the White House Monday for a face-to-face which the US President believes could pave the way for a possible three-way meeting with Vladimir Putin.

The Russian and American leaders shook hands on Friday at a military base at Anchorage in Alaska for a superpower summit to broker an end to the war in Ukraine.

But Ukraine’s future as a sovereign nation is now hanging in the balance following the crunch talks, with critics warning other world leaders were powerless to prevent Zelensky from being caught ‘with his head in a vice’ by Trump and Putin.

It comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will hold a ‘coalition of the willing’ meeting today.

President Zelensky wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) last night: ‘We see that Russia rebuffs numerous calls for a ceasefire and has not yet determined when it will stop the killing.

‘This complicates the situation. If they lack the will to carry out a simple order to stop the strikes, it may take a lot of effort to get Russia to have the will to implement far greater – peaceful coexistence with its neighbours for decades.

‘But together we are working for peace and security. Stopping the killing is a key element of stopping the war.’

He also said he was ‘grateful for the invitation’ from Mr Trump, and it was ‘important that everyone agrees there needs to be a conversation at the level of leaders to clarify all the details and determine which steps are necessary and will work’.