BERLIN — European leaders met virtually with President Trump on Wednesday, urging him to press Russian President Vladimir Putin for a ceasefire and security guarantees for Ukraine before any peace talks begin. The Trump-Putin meeting is set for Friday in Alaska — without Ukraine's president at the table.

At a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Trump agreed that Russia must commit to those terms before negotiations start. Merz said Europe, NATO and Trump were "in broad agreement" on next steps — including rejecting legal recognition of Russian-occupied territory.

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Merz warned that Europe's security and democracy are at stake if Russia's invasion goes unchallenged, saying Putin could target other na

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