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(NewsNation) — Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy were acceptable to convene successful Washington, D.C., connected Monday, alongside a host of European leaders and caller disconnected a summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin that failed to unafraid a ceasefire.
Zelenskyy connected Monday said helium was in the U.S. capital and acceptable to talk with Trump, arsenic good arsenic European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Top officials from crossed Europe volition sermon the warfare successful Ukraine with Trump and Zelenskyy. (Credit: NewsNation)Zelenskyy has the powerfulness to "end the warfare with Russia astir immediately" if helium concedes territory and gives up connected entering NATO, Trump said Sunday connected societal media. Trump's calls echo those of Russia, which Zelenskyy has vehemently opposed during the 3.5-year war.
An end to the war is simply a extremity Zelenskyy has continuously pushed — but not connected Russia’s terms.
"We each stock a beardown tendency to extremity this warfare rapidly and reliably. And bid indispensable beryllium lasting. Not similar it was years ago, erstwhile Ukraine was forced to springiness up Crimea and portion of our East — portion of Donbas — and Putin simply utilized it arsenic a springboard for a caller attack," Zelenskyy wrote connected X. "Or erstwhile Ukraine was fixed truthful called 'security guarantees' successful 1994, but they didn't work."
Ukraine-Russia ceasefire woody hinges connected territory demands
One of the obstacles for Monday's gathering volition apt beryllium the contented of territory and what Trump has called "land swaps," though each of the onshore successful question belongs to Ukraine.
Russia is specifically seeking the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that marque up the Donbas, European officials said. Kremlin forces inhabit astir 75% of the country currently.
“There is an important treatment to beryllium had with respect to Donetsk and what would hap there. And that treatment is going to specifically beryllium elaborate connected Monday,” said U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff, who took portion successful the Alaska summit.
Zelenskyy has consistently rejected Russia's demands for Ukrainian territory.
The Ukrainian person connected Sunday again called connected Russia to extremity the war, adding that helium hopes "our associated spot with America, with our European friends, volition unit Russia into a existent peace."
NewsNation spouse The Hill and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
