🇺🇦🇺🇦🤝🇺🇸 — Ukrainian leader Zelensky arrived at the White House and has already begun his meeting with Trump

Zelensky is well-dressed today

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🇺🇦🤝🇺🇸 — Zelensky and Trump shake hands

🇺🇦🇺🇦🤝🇺🇸 — The Trump-Zelensky meeting starts in the White House.

Zelensky starts by giving Trump a letter from his wife for Melania Trump.

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🇺🇦🤝🇺🇸 — US President Donald Trump speaking alongside the Ukrainian Leader Zelenskyy:

"It's an honor to have the President of Ukraine with us... I think progress is being made... We had a good meeting, as you know, just a short while ago with the President of Russia — and I think there's a possibility that something could come out of it."

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🇺🇸📞🇺🇦 — US President Donald Trump speaking alongside the Ukrainian Leader Zelenskyy:

"If everything works out well today, we'll have a trilat — and I think there will be a reasonable chance of ending the war when we do that."

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🇺🇸🕊🇺🇦🇷🇺 — US President Donald Trump speaking alongside the Ukrainian Leader Zelenskyy:

"People are being killed and we want to stop that... I know the President, I know myself, and I believe Vladimir Putin wants to see it ended."

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🇺🇸🕊🇺🇦🇷🇺 — US President Donald Trump speaking alongside the Ukrainian Leader Zelenskyy:

"We're going to work with Ukraine, we're going to work with everybody, and we're going to make sure that if there's peace, that peace is going to stay long-term... We're not talking about a 2-year peace and then we end up in this mess again."

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🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦🇪🇺 — US President Donald Trump speaking about the Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine:

"We're going to be meeting with a great representative group — seven very powerful [people] ... and we're going to have some suggestions made. They want to see peace."

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🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 — A White House Reporter praises Zelensky's suit:

"You look fabulous in that suit!"

🇺🇸 POTUS:

"I said the same thing!"

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🇺🇸📞🇪🇺🇺🇳🇺🇦 — Asked whether the U.S. is prepared to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine after a peace deal is signed, Trump answers that they will be working with the Europeans

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🇺🇦🗳📹 — Zelensky on the possibility of holding elections in Ukraine says:

Yes of course we are ready.

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🇺🇸📞🇺🇦🇷🇺 — US President Donald Trump talks about the letter by First Lady Melania Trump to Russian leader Vladimir Putin regarding the status of the Ukrainian Children in Russian controlled areas

FLOTUS [Melania Trump] felt very strongly. She's watched the same thing that you watch... She loves children, and she hates to see something like this happening... It was a very beautiful letter. It was very well-received by him."

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🇺🇸📞🇺🇦 — United States President Donald Trump on the Fake News Media:

"The level of hatred and animosity is incredible... in solving all of these wars, they don't even write about. I solved major wars. I solved wars that have been going on for [30+ years]."

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🇺🇸📞🇺🇦 — United States President Donald Trump to Zelensky:

"I don't think you need a ceasefire. If you look at the six deals that I settled this year, they were all at war. I didn't do any ceasefires ... I like the concept of a ceasefire for one reason: because you'd stop killing people immediately."

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🇺🇸📞🇺🇦🇷🇺 — United States President Donald Trump to Zelensky:

"I love the Ukrainian people, but I love all people. I love the Russian people. I love 'em all. I want to get the war stopped."

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🇺🇸🫂🇺🇦 — US President Donald Trump on Zelenskyy:

“He went through hell.”

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🇺🇸📞📰 — The press was asked to leave the Oval Office after the public interaction between Trump and Zelensky, it is unknown whether the meeting behind closed doors will continue

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺🗺 — A large map of Ukraine was prominently displayed in the Oval Office ahead of closed-door talks between Trump and Zelensky.

The eastern part of Ukraine is shaded - it shows the territory controlled by Russia.

The map also shows what percentage of the region Russia currently controls - for example, the Luhansk region by 99%, and the Sumy region by 1%.