Zelenskyy set to visit Trump in Washington
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According to a European Commission spokesperson, President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Brussels on Aug. 17, where he will participate in an online meeting of the so-called "coalition of the willing.
A host of European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks at the White House with US President Donald Trump tomorrow. The meeting comes on the heels of Trump’s summit in Alaska with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin produced enough movement to justify a meeting with Ukrainian and European leaders, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told CBS on Sunday.
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In letter to Putin, US first lady asks him to consider the children in push to end war in Ukraine
Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter that calls for peace in Ukraine, having her husband President Donald Trump hand-deliver it to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Friday meeting in Alaska.
Convinced there were relatively few matters left to resolve, and believing a truce would only prolong the war, Trump set aside his publicly stated goal of a temporary halt in fighting.
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.
The meeting represented a diplomatic victory for Putin after Western leaders ostracized him at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Just a week earlier, Trump was threatening him with new sanctions.
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