9 h. ago UK and EU at Zelenskyy’s side in Washington for meeting with Trump

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and others will aim to push back against ceding of Ukraine territory in ‘peace plan’European leaders including Keir Starmer will join Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an extraordinary joint effort to push back on a US-backed plan that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.As well as the UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, Italy’s PM, Giorgia Meloni, and the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago European leaders rally round Zelenskyy ahead of Trump meeting

‘Coalition of the Willing’ members will join Ukraine’s leader in US as part of effort to press Trump on ceasefire

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15 h. ago Keir Starmer to meet with Trump and Zelenskyy at White House on Monday

US President Donald Trump will meet with European leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer, will fly to the US for a meeting at the White House tomorrow - following on from the Putin summit on Friday

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40 h. ago Trump to meet Zelenskyy as Europe urges US to offer security guarantees

US president invites Ukrainian counterpart to Washington on Monday after failing to secure ceasefire from Vladimir Putin

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43 h. ago Zelenskyy heading to meet with Trump as he breaks silence after 'meaningful' call on Putin

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken out for the first time, announcing he spoke to Donald Trump yesterday after the US President met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin

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3 d. ago Zelenskyy to meet with UK's Starmer as Europe braces for Trump

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London

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4 d. ago European leaders meet Zelenskyy ahead of Trump’s summit with Putin

European countries rushing to build a common approach with US on how to end war

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4 d. ago US warns of fresh sanctions on Russia if Putin summit does not ‘go well’

European leaders hold talks with Trump and Zelenskyy ahead of Trump’s meeting with Russian leader

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4 d. ago US warns of fresh sanctions on Russia if Putin summit on Ukraine does not ‘go well’

European leaders hold talks with Trump and Zelenskyy ahead of Trump’s meeting with Russian leader

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4 d. ago Europeans say Trump agrees Ukraine must have a say over territory ahead of Putin talks

European leaders hold talks with Trump and Zelenskyy ahead of Trump’s meeting with Russian leader

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6 d. ago Merz invites Trump to emergency call with EU leaders before Putin summit

Proposal, which would also include Volodymyr Zelenskyy, comes as European calls grow for red lines in Ukraine talksThe German chancellor has invited Donald Trump to join emergency virtual talks with EU leaders and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, as European demands grow that the US president agree red lines before Friday’s summit in Alaska with Vladimir Putin.Neither Zelenskyy nor European leaders have been invited to Trump’s meeting with the Russian president. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Zelenskyy issues chilling warning ahead of Trump and Putin peace summit meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed doubts about the forthcoming summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin

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8 d. ago Ukraine will not give land to ‘occupiers’, says Zelenskyy, as Trump and Putin prepare to meet

US president said end to war will involve ‘some swapping of territories’ before announcing meetingPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy said early on Saturday that “Ukrainians will not give their land to occupiers” after Donald Trump said he would meet Vladimir Putin next week and that an end to the war must involve “some swapping of territories”.The Ukrainian president said Kyiv was ready for real solutions that could bring peace but that any solutions without Ukraine would be against peace. “Any decisions against us, any decisions without Ukraine, are also decisions against peace. They will achieve nothing,” he said, adding that the war “cannot be ended without us, without Ukraine”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump says he will meet Putin despite Kremlin’s refusal to talk to Kyiv

US president contradicts reports Putin meeting Zelenskyy was a precondition of a US-Russia summitDonald Trump has said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin despite the Russian leader’s refusal to meet Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy – dispelling speculation that direct talks between the two warring presidents were a precondition to a high-level US-Russia summit.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said that Putin did not have to meet with Zelenskyy first before the US and Russian presidents could meet. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Putin refusal to meet Zelenskyy could derail summit with Trump

Washington and Moscow issue mixed messages about whether bilateral talks would require three-way follow-up with KyivEfforts to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin may be derailed by the Kremlin leader’s refusal to meet Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a potential White House precondition to the high-stakes summit.The mixed messaging on Thursday over a potential summit between Putin and Trump – with White House and Kremlin officials sometimes contradicting each other about the leaders’ demands and the status of the planning – suggested a chaotic new chapter in Trump’s haphazard efforts to negotiate a ceasefire to the war in Ukraine. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Putin ‘far from’ meeting Zelenskyy as Kremlin prepares for talks with Trump

Moscow dismisses US talk of three-way summit saying it ‘was not discussed’ with Trump envoy Steve WitkoffVladimir Putin has said he is not ready to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy, even as the Kremlin said preparations were under way for a set-piece bilateral summit with Donald Trump next week.“I have nothing against it in general, it is possible, but certain conditions must be created for this,” said Putin of the meeting with Zelenskyy, speaking to reporters at the Kremlin. “But unfortunately, we are still far from creating such conditions.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Kremlin denies Putin agreed to trilateral meeting with Trump and Zelenskyy

Moscow says preparations under way for possible meeting with Trump but dismisses US talk of three-way summitEurope live – latest updatesThe Kremlin has said planning is under way for a possible meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump next week – but denied the Russian leader had agreed to a subsequent meeting with the US president and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.On Wednesday Putin met Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin, and reports from Washington suggested he had agreed to meet first with Trump and then in a trilateral format, as part of US efforts to bring about the end of the war in Ukraine. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Putin and Trump to meet 'in the coming days', Kremlin aide confirms as Zelenskyy calls for face

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin to end war, after Trump's special envoy held talks with Putin

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