Trump cranks up pressure on Zelensky
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European leaders are to join the Ukrainian president during a visit that seeks a path to ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.
Trump will meet the Ukrainian leader, along with several European heads of state and the NATO Secretary-General, on Monday.
Trump’s friendly meeting with Putin in Alaska on Friday was a setback for Ukraine and its European allies. But Kyiv was left with one small glimmer of hope: a U.S. proposal to create security guarantees for Ukraine, designed to deter future Russian aggression.
European and NATO leaders announced Sunday that they will joining President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington for crucial talks with President Trump.
Zelensky has also confirmed that he will meet with Trump in Washington on Monday. It would be Zelensky's first visit to the U.S. since February 28, when Trump berated him publicly during an Oval Office meeting and accused him of being "disrespectful."
The last time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was inside the Oval Office, he was berated by his US hosts, denied a planned luncheon and abruptly asked to leave the West Wing.
European leaders will try and help Ukraine’s president at the White House by convincing Trump to get off the dangerous path laid out for him by Vladimir Putin.