White House says Trump, Zelenskyy to meet in Washington next week

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are scheduled to meet in Washington on Tuesday, a White House official said on Friday.

A Ukrainian source said Zelenskyy was interested in traveling to the United States but his team was waiting for official confirmation of Trump's schedule from the White House.

Representatives for Zelenskyy did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment on the planned meeting.

Earlier on Friday, right-wing activist and Trump ally Laura Loomer interviewed Zelenskyy and said he had told her he would likely be in the United States next week for a trip that would include a meeting with Trump.

Loomer, in a post on X, added that Zelenskyy said he would attend the funeral for the US Senator Lindsey Graham, who died earlier this month.

Graham was a major supporter of Ukraine, traveling there 10 times since the Russian invasion. He pushed for sanctions on Russia as well as US backing for Kyiv.

RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES AGAIN

Meanwhile, a Russian ballistic missile strike on Friday in Ukraine's Kyiv region killed 10 people and injured close to 100 others at a site where a defence industry event was being held, Ukrainian officials and industry representatives said.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who did not name the exact target, said that efforts to determine what happened were underway.

"A rescue operation is currently underway in the Kyiv region following a Russian missile strike," Zelenskyy said on Telegram.

Acting governor of Kyiv region Ruslan Oliynyk said that according to preliminary information, a ballistic missile strike hit a private training ground where events were taking place.

The Ukrainian Council of Defence Industry said that a missile strike hit a site where representatives of the Ukraine's defence industry were present.

It said it was not an organiser of the event. Information regarding the exact whereabouts of the participants was not made public, it added.

Valerii Borovyk, founder of Ukrainian drone company First Contact, told Ukrainian media that a missile struck a training ground where a defence industry exhibition was being held.

Ukraine's prosecutor general, Ruslan Kravchenko, said that a criminal case had been opened on possible improper performance of official duties during the organisation and conduct of the event.