Without confirming an agreement had been reached, the US president said in return for the deal Ukraine would get "the right to fight on".

President Donald Trump announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the White House on Friday as the two sides work toward finalizing an agreement over the Trump administration’s pursuit of repayment for previous U.

The French president’s visit to Washington is part of European efforts to prevent an agreement that would be detrimental to Kyiv