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Trump to meet with Zelensky as Russia-Ukraine attacks intensify
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a phone call with President Trump on Sunday that the two will meet this week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Key facts
- The intrigue: Earlier this week the Kyiv Independent reported that the Ukrainian government was "growing increasingly frustrated" with White House envoy Steve Witkoff
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a phone call with President Trump on Sunday that the two will meet this week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York
- The team agreed to meet in New York, and this meeting could change a lot
- The meeting comes as the White House works to broker an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to take reciprocal steps to deescalate and resume negotiations, and as fighting between the two sides
Summary
The meeting comes as the White House works to broker an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to take reciprocal steps to deescalate and resume negotiations, and as fighting between the two sides has intensified in recent days. Zelensky's chief negotiator and the head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, Rustem Umerov, told Axios he's been working with White House envoys in recent days to organize the meeting, which is expected to happen Tuesday. The meeting will take place several days after Trump signed a Russia sanctions bill and approved the biggest arms deal between the U.S. and Ukraine since assuming office, two steps Ukraine has been pushing for months. What he's saying: "An important conversation, and they got through a lot.