WASHINGTON DC, US (RELEASE DATE AUGUST 18, 2025) (ZELENSKYY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT – RESTRICTED) RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “ZELENSKYY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT,” MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO — EDITORIAL USE ONLY. SHOTLIST: 1. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SHAKING HANDS WITH US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR UKRAINE GENERAL KEITH KELLOGG 2. VARIOUS OF DELEGATIONS TALKING WASHINGTON DC, US - RELEASE DATE AUGUST 18: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US President Donald Trump’s Special Representative for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, in Washington D.C. on Monday, August 18. The meeting comes ahead of Monday’s talks between Zelenskyy, top European leaders, and Donald Trump, where key issues such as security guarantees and potential concessions are expected to dominate discussions on ending the Russia-Ukraine war. The high-stakes meeting to be held in Washington, DC, will also be attended by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. The meeting between the European leaders and the US president comes shortly after Trump's three-hour closed-door meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, where Putin said they reached an "understanding." Monday's meeting is expected to include the US offering security guarantees to Ukraine similar to the NATO framework, in exchange for concessions such as Kyiv's abandoning of its ambitions for NATO membership, and of reclaiming the Russian-occupied Crimea.