A senior Ukrainian delegation arrived at the White House on 18 August, according to multiple media accounts that circulated photographs of the group entering the building. The party reportedly included the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, the country’s ambassador to Washington and a deputy foreign minister. Images showed the officials carrying at least one large map, indicating that battlefield developments could be on the agenda, though neither Kyiv nor Washington immediately disclosed the purpose of the visit.