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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is returning to the White House, where he will be briefed on President Trump’s Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
O n August 18th Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, will enter the White House to meet Donald Trump and discuss ending the war in Ukraine. For Mr Zelensky it is a perilous moment. Since Mr Trump met Vladimir Putin,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders are meeting President Trump days after the U.S. and Russian leaders met face to face at a highly anticipated summit in Alaska. That meeting
In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the fighting.
The summit will also give Putin the chance to appeal to Trump’s business interests. Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Kirill Dmitriev, a senior economic negotiator and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, are among those who accompanied Putin to Alaska.
President Trump had a long call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his flight back to Washington about his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavett said.
While no deal was announced, the Russian leader secured some wins and left on good terms with the U.S. president.
President Trump proclaimed Friday he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made “great progress” toward ending Moscow’s war on Ukraine after meeting for nearly three hours in