Hot mics, often leavened with video, have bedeviled aspiring and actual leaders long before social media. During a sound check for his weekly radio address in 1984, U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously joked about attacking the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.

The journalist who grilled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about not wearing a suit, which led to a heated exchange in the White House in February, has defended the question.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Thursday, a day before a critical US-Russia summit in Alaska. The two embraced warmly outside Starmer’s offices at 10 Downing Street,

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London Thursday, a day before a critical U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska.

"The Trump administration is making vigorous efforts to end the fighting in Ukraine," Putin said during a meeting of his top officials to prepare for the Alaska summit.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street in London on 14 August. Source: European Pravda with reference to Sky News Details: Starmer's office has not disclosed what the two leaders will discuss.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London, a day before a critical U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska.