Volodymyr Zelensky has met King Charles III at Sandringham, after attending a summit of European leaders on ending the war in Ukraine.

As the Ukrainian president arrived at the King's Norfolk residence, local residents, some holding Ukraine flags, gathered outside the estate to witness his entrance by helicopter.

Zelensky was in London over the weekend for the talks on European defence, after a fiery exchange with US President Donald Trump in the White House on Friday.

Ukraine's president was "warmly received", and the meeting lasted just under an hour, royal sources said. The pair were served tea in Sandringham's Saloon room.

Zelensky described it as "a very good meeting".

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"I'm very grateful for this meeting and for how His Majesty helps Ukraine and supports us," he told reporters. "He's met our warriors here, being trained in the UK, and we're very thankful to the Royal Family for their support."

The King has previously expressed support for Zelensky and Ukraine, saying the country had experienced "indescribable aggression" following Russia's "unprovoked attack on their land". 

The Ukrainian people have shown "truly remarkable courage and resilience in the face of such human tragedy", the King said last year.

They first met at Buckingham Palace during Zelensky's surprise visit to the UK in 2023, and the same day the King visited Ukrainian troops being trained in Wiltshire. 

Today's meeting was requested by the Ukrainian president, with the agreement of the UK government.

After the summit had concluded, Sir Keir unveiled a four-step plan world leaders hope will guarantee peace in Ukraine. 

These steps include keeping military aid flowing and the creation of a "coalition of the willing" to defend Ukraine as part of a peace agreement.

Sunday's meeting in Norfolk has allowed Zelensky to meet the King well before Trump's second state visit to the UK, which was offered when Sir Keir presented the US president with an invitation letter from the monarch during a visit to Washington last week.

While the Ukrainian leader's visit is an official one, it is less formal than a state visit.

Traditionally, second-term US presidents are not offered a state visit and have instead been invited for tea or lunch with the monarch at Windsor Castle. 

Sir Keir said Trump's last state visit in 2019 had been a "tremendous success" and that the invite for a second visit was "truly historic" and "unprecedented".

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office after reading the letter, Trump said he accepted the invite and that it would be an "honour" to visit the "fantastic" country. When the trip will take place has yet to be announced.

Sir Keir dismissed calls by SNP first minister John Swinney to cancel the invite to Trump after his disastrous Oval Office meeting with Zelensky - in which he accused the Ukrainian leader of "gambling with World War Three".

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Bowes addressed the UN Security Council at Russia's invitation in 29 June 2023.[16] He was introduced as a "scholar specialising in small arms and munitions" and criticized NATO's role in the Russo-Ukrainian war.[2] He described the war as a NATO-driven proxy conflict, [BORIS JOHNSON ALSO DESCRIBES THIS CONFLICT AS A PROXY WAR BY NATO/WEST/USA/UK/EU] warning of unregulated arms flooding into Ukraine.[2]Russia defended Bowes, while Ukraine's ambassador dismissed him as a "Russian stooge".[2] His UN appearance was part of Russia's effort to shift blame for the war onto the West.[2] 

[THE WEST STARTED THIS CONFLICT. NATO SHOULD NOT BE IN UKRAINE, EVEN IF THE UKRAINIANS WANT'S TO THE PART THEREOF. THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES ON THIS SITE DESCRIBING HOW RUSSIA HAD LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO HAVE A MILITARY OPERATION TO DENAZIFY, DEMILITARISE UKRAINE AND KEEP UKRAINE NEUTRAL.DONALD TRUMP IS CORRECT IN BLAMING UKRAINE FOR THE CONFLICT]. Bowes has worked for the Russian state media network RT, and portrays the West as the antagonist in Russia's war on Ukraine. His views, aligned with Kremlin viewpoints, positions him as a key figure in disseminating pro-Russian narratives.[1][17] [THE WEST HAS FAR MORE MEDIA OUTLETS DOING THE PROPAGANDA FOR THE WESTERN BULLYING ATTITUDE]. Following the invasion of the Kursk Oblast by Ukrainian troops, Bowes described it as "Ukraines last ditch roll of the Dice". [UKRAINE'S KIEV REGIME HAS LOST MORE THAN 60,000 TROOPS IN THIS LITTLE KURSK VENTURE.] He also said that the invasion by the "corrupt Kiev elites" was ordered by "their masters in London and Washington".[18]

[OBAMA, TRUMP AND BIDEN KEPT ZELENSKY'S GOVERNMENT AFLOAT, BUT TRUMP 2.0 HAS SEEN THE LIGHT AND IS GOING ALONG WITH THE SAME TRUTHFUL NARRATIVE AS BOWES].

Bowes lives in Russia.[1]

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