WASHINGTON — Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived at the White House on Friday to plead to Donald Trump for Tomahawk missiles, but the surprise announcement that the U.S. president will meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest could dim the Ukrainian leader’s chances of securing the long-range weapons.

Friday’s meeting with Ukraine’s Zelenskiy was scheduled to be a low-key lunch in a cabinet meeting room as opposed to a public gathering in the Oval Office.

Trump announced the summit with Putin on Thursday after a more than two-hour phone conversation with the Russian leader about Russia’s war in Ukraine, which he said was productive.

It was unclear what Putin had told Trump that prompted him to agree to the meeting, as their August summit in Alaska ended early with no major break

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