Ukraine's Zelensky hails ‘substantive' meeting with Trump at Nato summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the United States and US President Donald Trump on X. PHOTO: REUTERS
KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed his meeting with US President Donald Trump on June 25 as 'long and substantive', saying the two talked about achieving a ceasefire in the Russian war in Ukraine.
Mr Zelensky had hoped to use a 50-minute meeting on the sidelines of the Nato summit in The Hague to lobby Mr Trump for investment in Ukraine's defence effort against Russia.
'We covered all the truly important issues. I thank Mr President, I thank the United States,' he wrote on X.
'We discussed how to achieve a ceasefire and a real peace.
'We spoke about how to protect our people.'
Russia's February 2022 invasion is grinding toward its three-and-a-half year mark, and Mr Trump has shown no sign of resuming the donations of weaponry that his predecessor, Mr Joe Biden, had instituted. REUTERS
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