Trump urges Zelenskiy to drop Crimea and NATO ahead of meeting in the White House
By Heather Timmons, Rajaa Bint Talal, Reagan Yip, Vanessa Balintec, Zoe Law and Nicole Jeanine Johnson
Andrea Shalal
The latest from Zelenskiy
- The Ukrainian President is now speaking to European leaders and Trump. He said:
- All of us want to finish this war and stop Russia
- "We will speak more about security guarantees. This is very important that the United States gives such a strong signal and is ready for security guarantees."
- This has been the best conversation with Trump so far
- Ukraine would be happy to a trilateral meeting with Trump
The latest from Trump:
Trump is speaking in the room with European leaders. He's said:
- Have had a very successful day so far
- He will try to work out trilateral meeting with U.S., Ukraine and Russia
- Russia agreed to accept security guarantees
- We will be considering who will do what
- Optimistic collectively we will reach an agreement to deter aggression on Ukraine
- We also need to discuss the possible exchanges of territory
- He thinks a resolution is possible today