US Edition5 Takeaways From Trump-Zelensky Meeting
Trump remains cautious on supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine amid peace talks, with Zelensky highlighting missile impact on weakening Russia's war economy.
- On Friday, President Volodymyr Zelensky met President Donald Trump at the White House but left without a pledge of Tomahawk missiles as Trump’s tone was non-committal.
- Seeking long-range strikes, Zelensky has pushed for Tomahawk cruise missiles to smash Russia's command and control, while Donald Trump had signalled openness and Vladimir Putin warned it would strain ties.
- Offering drones in exchange, Zelensky complimented Trump on Middle East diplomacy and prompted smiles, while Trump interrupted to call Vladimir Putin as talks continued.
- After the call, Donald Trump said teams from Washington and Moscow would meet next week and leaders should get together, agreeing to meet Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, in Hungary soon.
- On the ground in Kyiv, civilian destruction underscores the stakes as a couple repair a shop obliterated last month, while the Dutch government sends �290m for drone development and the US has used Tomahawks this year.
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Zelensky says Trump didn’t say no to Tomahawk missiles
In an interview with “Meet the Press” with Kristen Welker, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he did not receive a definitive no from President Donald Trump during their meeting in the United States on Kyiv’s request for long-range Tomahawk missiles. According to Zelensky, Russia is deploying domestically produced and Iranian-made drones, as well as its own missiles and long-range North Korean-made missiles, to strike Ukraine. He said K…
By Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Zachary Cohen and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, were divided on the future of the war in Ukraine after their third meeting at the White House on Friday. Trump and Zelensky met for several hours on Friday alongside their top advisers in what several people familiar with the matter described to CNN as a tense, frank and, at times, “unco…
Great expectations were placed on the meeting between Zelensky and Trump, but Ukraine was once again disappointed when no Tomahawk missiles were fired from the White House.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met this Friday in the White House with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in a meeting of more than two hours in which they discussed the initiative of the European president to receive far-reaching weapons and negotiations with Russia.After the meeting, Trump, who should meet in the short term in Hungary with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that Kiev and Moscow must cease fighting and accept t…
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