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Trump-Zelensky recap: Trump says he's trying to arrange meeting with Putin and Zelensky to discuss Russia's war in Ukraine

President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and key European leaders met at the White House on Monday afternoon ...

Putin’s Proposal for Land Deal, Made to Trump, Shifts Pressure to Zelensky

In Alaska, the Russian leader proposed that Ukraine hand over the remainder of the Donbas region to Moscow to stop the ...

Republicans subtly plead with Trump: Please don’t cave to Putin

Republican lawmakers have been overwhelmingly complimentary of President Donald Trump meeting with Vladimir Putin and ...

Putin Gave Trump Strict 15-Minute Deadline for Late-Night Call to Kremlin

Vladimir Putin gave Donald Trump a strict 15-minute window to make a late-night phone call to the Kremlin after White House ...

As Zelensky seeks direct talks, Putin faces dilemma: legitimise Ukrainian leader or risk Trump’s ire?

Zelensky talks puts Kremlin in a bind: accept and legitimise Kyiv’s leader or refuse and face fresh US sanctions. Read here ...

Why Putin is not ready to meet with Zelensky, and may never be

Doing so would require the Russian leader to “accept the failure of sitting down with a president he considers a joke from a country that doesn’t exist” ...

Putin Calls Zelensky the West’s Illegitimate Puppet. Can He Talk Peace With Him?

President Trump seeks to broker a meeting of the two leaders to end Europe’s most destructive war in generations.
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Five dangerous fault lines divide Trump and Zelensky

O n August 18th Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, will enter the White House to meet Donald Trump and discuss ending ...