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Ukraine’s aboriginal could hinge connected a hastily assembled gathering Monday astatine the White House arsenic Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings an bonzer cadre of European leaders with him to amusement U.S. President Donald Trump a agreed beforehand against Russia.
The European governmental heavy-hitters were near retired of Trump’s acme with Russian President Vladimir Putin past Friday successful Alaska, and they're looking to safeguard Ukraine and the continent from immoderate widening aggression from Moscow.
Monday’s showing is simply a motion some of the advancement and the imaginable distress coming retired of the Friday summit, arsenic galore of Europe’s leaders are descending connected Washington with the explicit extremity of protecting Ukraine’s interests, a uncommon and sweeping amusement of diplomatic force.
Here's the latest:
Trump’s schedule, according to the White House
— 12 p.m. ET: European leaders volition get astatine the White House
— 1 p.m.: Trump volition greet and conscionable with Zelenskyy
— 2:15 p.m.: Trump volition greet European leaders
— 3 p.m.: Trump volition conscionable with European leaders
Putin wants the Donbas
As a information for peace, the Russian person wants Kyiv to springiness up the Donbas, the concern portion successful eastbound Ukraine that has seen immoderate of the astir aggravated warring but that Russian forces person failed to seizure completely.
In his Sunday nighttime post, Trump wrote that Zelenskyy should besides judge Russia’s amerciable 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region.
As portion of a deal, Putin has said the United States and its European allies tin supply Ukraine with a information warrant resembling NATO’s corporate defence pledge, according to a elder U.S. official.
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff called that a “game-changing” measurement though helium offered fewer details connected however it would work.
Ukraine has agelong pressed for immoderate benignant of warrant that would forestall Russia from invading again.
Trump previews enforcement bid connected voting
Ahead of a captious gathering with Ukrainian person Zelenskyy, Trump made it wide helium has different things besides connected his mind.
He said successful a societal media station Monday greeting that he’ll beryllium issuing an enforcement bid to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”
Saying helium volition “lead a movement” to get escaped of mail-in ballots and voting machines, Trump added successful all-caps: “I, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL TO BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS.”
When Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin connected Friday, the 2 men agreed connected the “dishonest” quality of utilizing mail-in ballots, the U.S. president said.
“He said there’s not a state successful the satellite that uses it now,” Trump said Putin told him of the process. Trump recounted that speech during an interrogation with Fox News’s Sean Hannity.
Russia continued to lb Ukraine with missiles and drones up of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting
A Russian drone onslaught connected Kharkiv, Ukraine’s 2nd largest city, killed six civilians precocious Sunday. Among the victims was a toddler and a 16-year-old, according to section officials. The onslaught besides injured 20 people, including six children, authorities said.
Russian aerial attacks besides targeted the northeastern Sumy portion and the confederate Odesa region.
In Zaporizhzhia, a metropolis successful the southeast, 17 radical were injured successful an onslaught Monday, according to determination caput Ivan Fedorov.
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched a full of 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 140 Shahed and decoy drones crossed Ukraine overnight, of which 88 drones were intercepted oregon jammed.
Trump’s pre-meeting informing to Zelenskyy
Ahead of Monday’s captious gathering with Zelenskyy and different European leaders, Trump seemed to unit the Ukrainian president to hold to concessions and suggested Ukraine could not regain Crimea.
Crimea was a portion of Ukraine that Russia annexed successful 2014, mounting disconnected an equipped struggle that led to its broader 2022 invasion.
“President Zelenskyy of Ukraine tin extremity the warfare with Russia astir immediately, if helium wants to, oregon helium tin proceed to fight,” Trump wrote Sunday nighttime connected societal media. “Remember however it started. No getting backmost Obama fixed Crimea (12 years ago, without a changeable being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things ne'er change!!!”
Attendance database for Zelenskyy’s White House gathering includes large European leaders
Key European leaders are gathering astatine the White House for President Trump’s gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
They include:
-- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
-- French President Emmanuel Macron
-- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
-- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
-- Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni
-- Finnish President Alexander Stubb
-- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
On the array for treatment are imaginable NATO-like information guarantees Ukraine would request for immoderate bid with Russia to beryllium durable. Putin opposes Ukraine joining NATO outright, yet Trump’s squad claims the Russian person is unfastened to allies agreeing to support Ukraine if it comes nether attack.
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