Happening now global fallout European leaders rallying around Ukrainian President Zelensky,

President Trump remaining defiance since that fiery Oval Office meeting.

New reaction from the Kremlin wane in this morning.

And selling his agenda, President Trump preparing for his address to a joint session of Congress, but

a new poll finding most Americans believe he has not paid enough attention to the country's

most important problems.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the Situation Room.

An emboldened Kremlin lashing out big time this morning. It says Europe's emergency summit to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine's Velodemir

Zelensky is not aimed at achieving peace. And even more

remarkably, Russia is saying Washington's new tensions with Ukraine show the U.S. is now coming into

alignment with Moscow. Tomorrow, President Trump will address a joint session of the U.S. Congress,

and America's traditional allies are increasingly worried about

U.S. loyalties. They will be hanging on every word. Let's first of all go live to CNN reporter

Elena Treen. She's over at the White House for us. Elena, has the White House responded yet to the latest

comments coming out of the Kremlin? We haven't heard a direct response to the Kremlin and what they've been saying, Wolf,

but what we have heard is more defiance, really, and support and defense for what the

president did on Friday and the vice president in the Oval Office.

Just this morning we actually heard from National Security advisor Michael Walts who was saying,

you know, agreeing that, you know, perhaps Zelensky does not want Pete, something we heard President Donald Trump say, and also continuing to double down that Zelensky needs to do more

in order for them to move forward with a peace deal. Take a listen to how he put it.

What we don't have right now is President Zelensky saying,

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