
European leaders join Washington meeting on Ukraine
European prime ministers and presidents will join President Zelensky when he meets President Trump.
Several European leaders are flying across the Atlantic to be by the side of Ukraine's President Zelensky in Washington as he meets President Trump. More than three years since Russia's full scall invasion of it's neighbouring country, they will discuss borders, security and defence. Writing on his Truth Social platform, President Trump said Ukraine's leader can end Russia's war "if he wants to" but there would be "no going into Nato by Ukraine" as part of a peace deal. We speak to a Ukrainian politician.
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Presenters: Rob Young and Pria Rai
(Photo: European Commission Ursula van der Leyen and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attend a video conference with EU leaders in Brussels. Credit:Presidential Press Service handout/EPA).
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