Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia
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President Trump will host Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House in a high-stakes meeting seeking an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
President Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders on Monday as the U.S. pursues a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
Ahead of the meeting, Trump appeared to place the onus of ending the war on the Ukrainian leader, while emphasizing that Ukraine must give up Russian-annexed Crimea and its hopes of joining NATO — key Kremlin demands.
At least seven people, including two children, were killed by a Russian drone strike in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Sunday night, according to local officials. Serhiy Bolvinov, the head of Kharkiv National Police's investigations unit, said in a post to Facebook that five Shahed strike drones hit an apartment building at dawn.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy will step into the Oval Office on Monday for one of the most consequential meetings of his presidency: a chance to reset relations with Donald Trump, secure a just end to Russia’s war and lock in US guarantees for Ukraine’s future security.
US President Donald Trump is leaning on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to strike an agreement after he met Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska, stressing that Zelenskyy could end the war "almost immediately"