US president hosts Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House three days after meeting Russia’s Putin in Alaska.
Trump downplays need for ceasefire before private Zelenskyy meeting
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Trump says he expected Putin to release over 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners soon after a trilateral meeting was set up with Ukrainian leader Zelenskyy.
“I think you’ll see that President Putin really would like to do something also,” Trump said at the start of a meeting with Zelenskiy and seven European leaders, forecasting some “really positive moves” after a trilateral meeting was agreed.















