NATO, Crimea and Trump
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President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in the quest for a path to end the war with Russia.
NATO war jets have been forced to scramble after Vladimir Putin unleashed a terrifying drone strike on Odesa. It comes as hopes of ending the gruelling conflict continue to falter after
Zelensky returns to the Oval Office for the first time since his blowup with Trump. This time he is bringing back up.
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are among leaders who will join Zelensky in Washington for talks on how to end the war with Russia.
President Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Monday as the search for an end to the three-and-a-half-year war intensifies. Major European leaders also jetted in
TRUMP’S HOT MIC MOMENT: At the end of Monday’s White House meeting with Zelensky and seven European leaders, President Trump was caught on a hot microphone telling French President Emmanuel Macron that he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin would eventually agree to a peace deal as a personal favor to him.
Monday Ukraine President Volodymr Zelensky made a return visit to The White House, this time with NATO allies to avoid another Trump-Vance Oval Office ambush he was hit with last February.
The Ukrainian president’s outfit during his visit to the White House Monday reflects a change in approach since his disastrous meeting with US President Trump earlier this year.
The American president is so far not ruling out U.S. peacekeepers on the ground in Ukraine. President Trump shakes hands with President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on August 18, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images