Zelenskiy, Trump Seek Trilateral Talks With Putin
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's president, and US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and US President Donald Trump expressed hope that their White House summit Monday with European leaders could eventually result in trilateral talks with Vladimir Putin over ending Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The meeting was arranged hurriedly after Trump met Putin in Alaska on Friday and came away saying the onus was on Zelenskiy to end the conflict. Ahead of the meeting, Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities killed 10 people and injured dozens of others, The New York Times reported. According to the Times, Ukrainian officials view the attacks as proof Russia does not intend to stop the hostilities.