Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, alongside several European allies. Trump has urged Zelenskyy to accept a land swap deal with Russia after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.
Zelenskyy is on far better terms with Trump. But when he comes to the White House on Aug. 18 to discuss a potential peace agreement with Russia, he'll still be in a challenging position. The Ukrainian leader is scheduled to meet with Trump and his advisers in the Oval Office alone before an expanded meeting with European leaders.
Despite mounting pressure from both Putin and Trump, Ukraine President Zelenskyy has made clear repeatedly that ceding its land to Russia is not a solution to end the war and that it is ready to embrace a lasting resolution.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told his US counterpart Donald Trump that Kyiv rejects a demand put forward by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to cede the still-unoccupied areas of Donetsk Oblast to Russia in exchange for freezing the front in other regions,
Ga., accused Ukrainian President Zelenskyy of trying to sabotage peace talks between President Trump and Russian President Putin by launching drone strikes on Russia.