An observation point overlooking Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Many residents of Kyiv are skeptical that the meetings between President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, President Trump and European leaders will yield progress toward ending the war.
Before a meeting with President Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukrainian land became “a springboard for a new attack.”
Before a meeting with President Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that Russia’s 2014 seizure of Ukrainian land became “a springboard for a new attack.”
Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, Presidents Emmanuel Macron of France and Voloydmyr Zelensky of Ukraine and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at Mariyinsky Palace, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in May.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Rome last month. After the meeting in Anchorage on Friday, Mr. Zelensky spoke with President Trump on the phone, and made plans to travel to Washington this week.
Kyiv, Ukraine, last month. Many Ukrainians see their country’s absence from a U.S.-Russia meeting as proof that those countries are not working toward a deal acceptable to them.
Once a vague proposal for a territorial swap gained clarity, a worried President Volodymyr Zelensky worked to rally allies before Friday’s Trump-Putin summit.
Once a vague proposal for a territorial swap gained clarity, a worried President Volodymyr Zelensky worked to rally allies before Friday’s Trump-Putin summit.
Washington’s push to negotiate an end to the war has raised concerns the Trump administration will make concessions to Moscow that Kyiv finds unacceptable.
Washington’s push to negotiate an end to the war has raised concerns the Trump administration will make concessions to Moscow that Kyiv finds unacceptable.
A town in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in June. The Trump administration has been pushing for an end to the war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The Ukrainian leader’s blunt comments risk angering President Trump, who has made a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia one of his signature foreign policy goals.
The Ukrainian leader’s blunt comments risk angering President Trump, who has made a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia one of his signature foreign policy goals.
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