Zelensky Brings Backup to White House
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Trump will meet the Ukrainian leader, along with several European heads of state and the NATO Secretary-General, on Monday.
The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was inside the Oval Office, he was berated by his US hosts, denied a planned luncheon and abruptly asked to leave the West Wing.
European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a high-stakes meeting at the White House on Monday after President Trump’s historic summit with Russian President
The highly anticipated summit ended without a breakthrough. Afterwards, Trump said Ukraine and Russia should proceed straight to seeking a full peace deal instead of a cease-fire.
Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to reject Vladimir Putin's "peace deal" - which involves handing large sections of Ukraine to Russia. The Ukrainian President has claimed his Russian counterpart wants the rest of occupied Donetsk - and effectively the entire Donbas region - as part of a ceasefire deal.
Donald Trump has said after meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska that his advice to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to “make a deal”. In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity in Anchorage following the summit,