A summit in Paris six years ago was the first and only time the two presidents ever met, flanked by French president Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel. At the time, Putin and Zelensky were looking to hash out a ceasefire deal for war in Donbas in Ukraine’s east, where Russia-backed forces were fighting Ukrainian troops.

President Trump seeks to broker a meeting of the two leaders to end Europe’s most destructive war in generations.

The Kremlin is keeping its options open, but analysts said the Russian leader would probably only meet with his Ukrainian counterpart to accept a capitulation.

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Email us at [email protected] Good morning and welcome to White House Watch! Ukraine’s allies were holding their breath ahead of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with President Donald Trump yesterday afternoon,

President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders posed for a photo before peace talks on Ukraine continued.