WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “could” attend his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week but appeared to suggest Zelenskyy's presence would not be significant for the meeting.
What You Need To Know • President Donald Trump on Monday said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “could” attend his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week but appeared to suggest his presence would not be significant for the meeting • Trump instead characterized his planned face-to-face with Putin on Friday as a “feel out meeting” in which he would take the temperature and assess whether a deal between Russia and Ukraine to end the more than three years of fighting is possible • Trump said he believes he will know