ODESA, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House on Monday was a resounding diplomatic success. With the support of Europe’s most powerful leaders, Zelenskyy repaired his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump and seemingly reoriented Washington’s foreign policy in Ukraine’s favour, bolstering hope that a just peace might yet be negotiated for the besieged country.

The meeting came just three days after Trump, hoping to negotiate a ceasefire deal for Ukraine, hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Alaska . While Putin and Trump initially greeted each other at that summit warmly, their talks terminated prematurely, after just three hours, with both the American and Russian delegations leaving stone-faced.

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