Blurred frontlines: Trump to meet Zelenskyy as Ukraine, Iran wars collide

U.S. President Donald Trump returns from a trip to Michigan on July 27, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected at the White House on Tuesday for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, as he looks to shore up support for Kyiv at a time when the Russia and Iran conflicts have shown signs of converging.The meeting comes as the U.S war against Iran and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine reach critical junctures. Trump has paused airstrikes against Iran as part of a push to give diplomacy another chance, while Zelenskyy has been galvanized by a flurry of deep-strike successes on Russian territory.There appears to be no immediate end in sight for either conflict, however. In fact, the sprawling Middle East war has threatened to overlap with the Russia-Ukraine conflict in recent days.Kyiv on Saturday launched an attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, an incident which Tehran said left one sailor dead and injured several others. The Islamic Republic has threatened retaliation over the strike, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying via social media that it "CANNOT...