US President Donald Trump has wrapped up a virtual meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders two days before his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The call on Wednesday served as the last opportunity – that we know of – for Zelensky and several European heads to speak directly to Trump ahead of his one-on-one with Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Zelensky was not invited to join his American and Russian counterparts for the high-profile meeting in Anchorage because it is being held ‘at the request of president Putin’, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.
Here are five takeaways from Trump’s call with Zelensky and leaders including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Em