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(NewsNation) — Details person emerged astir however the White House volition prosecute Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders who enactment efforts to extremity the Russian invasion.
President Trump and Zelenskyy volition person a bilateral gathering successful the Oval Office first, followed by a larger gathering that includes the European leaders, according to accusation provided to NewsNation by 2 sources.
Vice President JD Vance volition beryllium astatine the Trump-Zelenskyy bilateral meeting, 1 of the sources said. The past clip Zelenskyy was unsocial with Trump and Vance astatine the White House, in February, the effect was explosive: A diplomatic league astir perchance ending the Ukraine warfare went disconnected the rails, with Vance accusing Zelenskyy of being ungrateful for American support.
The European leaders heading to Washington with Zelenskyy — among them, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz — had sought to forestall different catastrophe portion showing their enactment for Ukraine.
Zelenskyy was excluded from Friday’s summit successful Alaska betwixt Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, wherever the 2 met privately astir conditions that would extremity the war. Ukraine and its European allies privation a accidental successful what bid would look like.
In a notable departure from European allies, Trump backed distant from the thought of an urgent ceasefire earlier a sweeping bid statement is hammered out. Critics accidental that gives Russia permission to proceed trying to seizure Ukrainian territory arsenic the process drags out.
Putin has been reluctant to conscionable with Zelenskyy, saying the timing is not right.
