European leaders to join Zelenskiy in Washington as Trump presses Ukraine deal

European leaders including from Germany, France and Britain will join Volodymyr Zelenskiy to meet Donald Trump in Washington, they said on Sunday, seeking to shore up his position as the U.S. president presses Ukraine to accept a quick peace deal.

Trump is leaning on Zelenskiy to strike an agreement after he met Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin in Alaska, and on Sunday promised "big progress on Russia" in a social media post without specifying what this might be.

At face value, some of Putin's demands would be hugely difficult for Ukraine to accept, setting the stage for potentially fraught talks about ending Europe's deadliest war in 80 years, which has dragged on for 3-1/2 years and killed or wounded more than 1 million people.