Zelenskyy calls meeting with Trump 'positive'
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would be ready to join Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at a proposed summit in Hungary if he were invited. The US and Russian presidents announced after their phone call on Thursday that they planned to hold talks on the war in Ukraine in Budapest, possibly in the coming weeks.
U.S. president wants a swift end to the conflict, but both sides are digging in over the region in Ukraine’s east.
Keeping abreast of President Trump’s changing moods has never been so challenging, especially for Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart.
President Trump has denied telling President Volodymyr Zelensky he should surrender Ukraine’s entire Donbas region to Russia to end the war — insisting “we never discussed it”
Ukrainian President Zelensky told NBC's "Meet the Press" that he understands President Trump's comment that peace talks with Russia must begin with a ceasefire on the current battle lines. KRISTEN WELKER: President Trump said property lines should be defined quote,
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How Zelensky Won Trump Over
The Ukrainian President arrives at the White House Friday with a wish-list including Tomahawks—and he may get them, writes Tom Nagorski.
Ukraine wants the US Tomahawk missiles to help it pressure Putin into genuine negotiations, and it wants US security guarantees to make sure he is forced to abide with any future peace settlement. Zelensky left the White House without either of those things.
Having failed to persuade US President Donald Trump to give Ukraine Tomahawk cruise missiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky is concentrating on purchasing Patriot air defence systems. Zelensky said in his evening video message on Monday that he was "working with America so that Ukraine can receive the required number of Patriot systems after all.