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US-EU-Ukraine Summit Begins: Will Europe Manage to Convince Trump to Protect Kiev's Interests in Meeting with Putin?

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US-EU-Ukraine Summit Begins: Will Europe Manage to Convince Trump to Protect
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz prepare for a virtual conversation between European leaders and US President Donald Trump, in Berlin, Germany.

Zelensky is in Berlin today for the online conference, in which European leaders hope to convince Trump to respect Kiev's interests in Friday's talks.

The online summit between US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders has begun. The news was announced by the French presidency. 

Zelensky arrived in Berlin early today to take part in a virtual summit organized by Merz to discuss the terms of a deal between Russia and Ukraine, with the Trump-Putin meeting expected to take place in two days. Zelensky is in Berlin today for the online conference, in which European leaders hope to persuade Trump to respect Kiev's interests in Friday's talks. 

US-EU-Ukraine Summit Begins: Will Europe Manage to Convince Trump to Protect
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) upon his arrival in the chancellery garden in Berlin on Wednesday.

The first online meeting today will be with European leaders, Trump and US Vice President JD Vance. 
About half an hour after that, France, Germany and the United Kingdom will host a meeting with what is called the "Coalition of the Willing."  

US-EU-Ukraine Summit Begins: Will Europe Manage to Convince Trump to Protect
Macron prepares for virtual conversation between European leaders, Zelensky and US President Donald Trump

On the other hand, Russia has considered today's talks between US and European leaders ahead of the planned summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as insignificant. 

"We consider the consultations requested by the Europeans to be politically and practically insignificant actions ," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexey Fadeev said at a press conference on Wednesday. 

He went on to accuse the EU of sabotaging Washington and Moscow's diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Ukraine and of trying to drag out the resolution process. 

"The EU's rhetoric about alleged support for finding ways to achieve a peaceful solution is nothing more than another attempt to drag out the settlement process ," Fadeev said. 
 

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