After President Trump’s tense meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, reaction is pouring in from members of Congress and others involved in foreign policy across Washington.

President Donald Trump presided over his first Cabinet meeting. Elon Musk, unelected and unconfirmed, was also in attendance. Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House Friday.

RFE/RL correspondents in Kyiv and Washington assess what's at stake as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance clash with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on Feb. 28, 2025.

Trump says he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, is ready for a peace deal. The statement comes after Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful” in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting,

Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to discuss the bipartisan meeting she attended Friday in Washington D.C. with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which preceded a chaotic meeting in the Oval Office that ended with Zelenskyy being told to leave the White House.

As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his way down the streets of Washington, he had one simple objective for his meeting in the Oval Office: Use the critical minerals deal to get out of President Donald Trump’s crosshairs.

The breakdown of negotiations come at a pivotal and precarious moment for Ukraine as Zelenskyy sought security guarantees from the U.S. and Trump’s administration seeks to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

The last 10 minutes of the nearly 45-minute engagement devolved into a tense back and forth between Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Zelenskyy — who had urged skepticism about Russia’s commitment to diplomacy,