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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump has signaled the U.S. is prepared to enactment Ukraine successful the aerial but has wholly ruled retired a boots-on-the-ground approach.
"We tin surely assistance successful the coordination, and perhaps, supply different means of information guarantees to our European allies," White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a property briefing Tuesday. "The president understands information guarantees are crucially important to guarantee a lasting peace."
Leavitt added that Trump has instructed his nationalist information squad to coordinate with Europe and besides cooperate with and sermon matters with some Ukraine and Russia.
Peace talks betwixt the 2 nations are ongoing, with anticipation of a multinational unit aft Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and respective different European leaders astatine the White House connected Monday pursuing his Friday gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin successful Alaska.
The Trump medication is besides inactive moving to acceptable up a face-to-face meeting with Zelenskyy and Putin, but determination is nary acceptable day for erstwhile a gathering would hap oregon wherever it would instrumentality place.
Gen. Dan Caine, the president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is besides expected to instrumentality portion successful the virtual gathering of European subject leaders aboriginal this week. Officials archer NewsNation that they volition beryllium coordinating strategy and information guarantees.
Marco Rubio, who is the caput of authorities and the acting nationalist information adviser, volition besides beryllium taking connected the relation of starring a caller moving radical that volition absorption connected however the information guarantees for Ukraine volition work. That radical is made up of elder Ukrainian officials and elder European officials, who volition enactment connected a connection to fastener successful immoderate benignant of bid colony oregon agreement.
