Two days after US President Donald Trump met his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the White House, reports have emerged about their explosive closed-door meetings. Trump warned Zelenskyy that Russia would “destroy” Ukraine if he did not accept Vladimir Putin’s terms to end the war, the Financial Times reported. During the meeting, tensions flared repeatedly, turning it into a “shouting match,” with Trump “cursing all the time,” the report said.

A European official familiar with the meeting said Trump told Zelenskyy that Putin had described the conflict as a “special operation, not even a war,” and warned that the Ukrainian leader needed to strike a deal or risk destruction.

The official said that Trump told Zelenskyy he was losing the war, warning: “If [Putin] wants it, he

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