Putin, Russia and Donald Trump
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Ukraine’s president and European leaders are accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of stalling on peace efforts in Ukraine.
Donald Trump demanded that Ukraine submit to Vladimir Putin’s peace terms or face destruction in an angry meeting at the White House last week, it has emerged.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to push Trump for additional long-range weapons capable of striking targets inside Russian territory when he meets with Trump in Washington at the White House on Friday.
Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelenskyy to give up huge swathes of Ukraine or face being “destroyed” by Russia, it has been reported. According to the Financial Times, the US president shouted and swore during an angry meeting in the White House last Friday.
Another meeting between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky has reportedly ended with a fiery shouting match—this time behind closed doors. Trump was pressuring his Ukrainian counterpart to accept Russia’s terms for a ceasefire during an explosive White House meeting on Friday,
P resident Donald Trump said in a Sunday interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures that amid Ukraine’s request for Tomahawk missiles from the United States in its ongoing war with Russia, “we have to remember one thing, we need them for ourselves too.”
At the White House, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made the case for why a weapons sale would help end the war. Mr. Trump at first seemed receptive, then expressed reservations.