Zelenskyy has a ’good meeting’ with Trump at the White House as he seeks more cooperation with U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Tuesday (July 28, 2026) ahead of Sen. Lindsey Graham’ s funeral, with the two leaders discussing ways for Ukraine to produce its own powerful weapons and “other ideas that could help” in its ongoing war against Russia .

The sit-down in the Oval Office, which was closed to the media, followed a consequential meeting at the NATO summit earlier this month in Ankara, Turkey, where Mr. Trump announced that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot defense systems — a long-running request from Kyiv to counter Russian missile attacks.

In a post on social media after the meeting, Mr. Zelenskyy thanked Mr. Trump for the “good meeting” and the Republican administration’s efforts to aid Kyiv in the long-running war, which began more than four years ago when Russia invaded Ukraine .