This image is going around claiming to show European leaders waiting to meet with President Trump at the White House, except it doesn’t and has very clearly been made by AI.

A large map of Ukraine, showing Russian-occupied areas and other regions in the east of the country, likely the same one which was brought by the Ukrainian delegation, was placed in the Oval Office before the closed-door meeting between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stand alongside a number of European leaders, including: French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, for a photo op at the White House.

The Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine

A round-table discussion between U.S. President Trump, Ukrainian President Zelensky, and European leaders has begun at the White House, with the main topic appearing to be security guarantees for Ukraine.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed support for security guarantees, similar to NATO’s Article 5, for Ukraine.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pushes back on the idea of a peace agreement without first seeing a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, with him stating: “I can't imagine that the next meeting would take place without a ceasefire. So let's work on that and let's try to put pressure on Russia because the credibility of these efforts we are undertaking today depends on at least a ceasefire from the beginning of the serious negotiations.”

Journalists have been ushered out, with the closed-door meeting between U.S. President Trump and European leaders, including Ukrainian President Zelensky, having now begun.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are pictured speaking in front of a large map of Ukraine during their one-on-one meeting earlier in the Oval Office, behind the map sits the Declaration of Independence.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pictured walking around the West Wing, in a photo published earlier by the White House.

Following several statements today by U.S. President Donald J. Trump expressing support for a “Coalition of the Willing” and refusing to rule out the deployment of American troops to Ukraine, the chances that Trump agrees to send a U.S. peacekeeping force to Ukraine has significant increased on Polymarket, with traders predicting there is at least a 15% chance, up over 9%.

Today’s meeting between U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders had now concluded, with President Trump said to have also spoken earlier with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Several of the European leaders are remaining at the White House to continue further negotiations and to discuss potential security guarantees for Ukraine.

Following reports earlier today of a Ukrainian drone attack against the Nikolskoye Oil Pumping Station in the Tambov Oblast of Western Russia, the Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, Major Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, has now confirmed the total destruction of the pumping station, indefinitely halting the flow of oil through the Druzhba Oil Pipeline between Russia and the rest of Europe.

According to the Financial Times, Ukraine has promised to buy $100 Billion in American-produced weapons and other military equipment financed by Europe as part of a series of proposals aimed at receiving concrete security guarantees from the United States. Under the proposals, Kyiv and Washington would also strike an additional deal worth roughly $50 Billion, which would see Ukrainian defense manufactures, such as UkrJet, jointly work with American companies to produce military attack drones for both the Ukrainian and the U.S. Armed Forces.

Alerts and sirens are beginning to spread across Ukraine, with reports of both ballistic and cruise missile launches by Russia against cities in Eastern Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump praised today’s meeting at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders in a post minutes ago on Truth Social, stating that security guarantees for Ukraine were discussed, provided by both Europe and the United States. In addition, President Trump confirms that he spoke earlier with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with arrangements being made for a possible bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelensky, followed by a trilateral meeting attended by President Trump. Trump ends the post by stating that Vice-President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are coordinating the meeting with both Russia and Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells CBS News that there is no set date for a meeting between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The M/V W Sapphire, a Liberian-flagged bulk cargo ship believed to have been fully loaded with coal, suffered an explosion in its forward cargo hold earlier as it was leaving Baltimore designated for Port Louis in Mauritius. Several local fire boats are currently on-scene as well as the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Maryland Department of Emergency Management has stated that the situation is contained and that the fire and resulting explosion did not result in any injuries onboard the M/V W Sapphire.