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EU, Ukraine leaders to hold virtual talks with Trump before he meets Putin

Talks between Ukrainian and European leaders are to take place soon, with a virtual meeting with US President Donald Trump set to follow subsequently. The aim is to secure European backing for Ukraine, ahead of Mr Trump's face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in two days. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged its allies to keep up pressure on Moscow. Russia has dismissed the European consultations with Ukraine as "politically and practically insignificant". Trent Murray reports from Berlin. Talks between Ukrainian and European leaders are to take place soon, with a virtual meeting with US President Donald Trump set to follow subsequently. The aim is to secure European backing for Ukraine, ahead of Mr Trump's face-to-face meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in two days. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged its allies to keep up pressure on Moscow. Russia has dismissed the European consultations with Ukraine as "politically and practically insignificant". Trent Murray reports from Berlin.