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.
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”
President Trump denied discussing Ukraine surrendering the eastern region to Russia during a closed-door meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, following reports of a tense White House encounter in which Trump pushed Moscow’s maximalist demands.
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,
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,
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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.
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.