Putin, Zelensky
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President Trump seeks to broker a meeting of the two leaders to end Europe’s most destructive war in generations.
Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.
Analysts weighed in on what concessions Zelensky may consider making to end the war and what's likely to be off the table.
The Ukrainian president’s outfit during his visit to the White House Monday reflects a change in tactics since his disastrous meeting with US President Trump earlier this year.
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.
The Kremlin hasn't ruled out summits but has said they could only meet in the very final stages of clinching a peace agreement.
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.
The Kremlin has played down talk of an imminent summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, as Donald Trump renewed his call for the two leaders to meet to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.