Trump pushes for direct Zelensky-Putin meeting
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Another major talking point is on security guarantees. Trump says security guarantees for Ukraine would be "provided" by European countries with "coordination" by the US. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told the BBC that the UK negotiators will shortly be arriving in Washington for further planning on this.
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Trump begins planning for Putin-Zelenskyy meeting while affirming US help with security guarantees
Zelenskyy and Trump expressed hopes that talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Putin to bring an end to his war on Ukraine.
Trump began to tiptoe away from Putin and toward Zelenskyy in late April after Russia bombarded Kyiv with missiles. The president, however, is also reportedly considering land swaps, including Ukraine areas not currently occupied by the Russians, according to the New York Times, something U.S. allies have opposed in the past.
Fiona Hill, who served as a Russia analyst on the National Security Council during Donald Trump ’s first term in office, said Sunday on CBS that Vladimir Putin’s decision to push baseless claims against mail-in voting during his summit with the U.S. president is a glaring “manipulation” tactic.
Trump's action comes after his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, where the Russian leader told him that mail-in ballots led to his electoral defeat in 2020, Trump said.
Gabrielius Landsbergis, former foreign minister of Lithuania, discusses the European leaders gathering in D.C. in support of Ukraine's president Zelenskyy's efforts to stop Russia's aggression.
In the first lady’s “peace letter” to Putin, she told the Russian president that “it is time” to protect children and future generations worldwide.
Vladimir Putin hasn't made "a single concession" with respect to ending his war against Ukraine, retired Gen. Jack Keane said.