Putin, Russia and Zelensky
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Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.
President Trump seeks to broker a meeting of the two leaders to end Europe’s most destructive war in generations.
The Kremlin hasn't ruled out summits but has said they could only meet in the very final stages of clinching a peace agreement.
The Ukrainian president’s outfit during his visit to the White House Monday reflects a change in approach since his disastrous meeting with US President Trump earlier this year.
The Kremlin is keeping its options open, but analysts said the Russian leader would probably only meet with his Ukrainian counterpart to accept a capitulation.
The president's sudden openness to offering NATO-style security guarantees to Ukraine has drawn a sharp rebuke from his hardcore allies.
It was a striking contrast to the meeting six months ago, when Trump, red-faced and angry, accused an agitated Zelensky of failing to show enough gratitude to the United States. The blowup was so heated that the Ukrainian delegation was sent from the White House without being allowed to eat their waiting lunch.
Ukrainian analysts watching their president’s return to the White House were braced for a “nightmare.” They took cautious encouragement from what they saw instead.