President Donald Trump was set Monday for a crucial meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a united front of European allies after his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin.
With Trump adopting Russian points that Ukraine should cede land for a peace deal, Zelenskyy was expected to seek to get the U.S. back on board with his own previous agreement with Western allies that a ceasefire is needed before any negotiations.
A high-powered delegation of European leaders , including the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy, jetted into Washington in hopes of pulling Trump back into the fold after he suggested Ukraine could stop the war anytime by agreeing to Russia’s demands.
“(Zelenskyy) can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he