US President Donald Trump confirmed this Tuesday thatHe will receive his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelensky, on Friday at the White House, in what would be his third visit to the United States. since the return of the Republican to power.
“I believe, yes,” the Republican responded to a question from a journalist about whether he would receive the leader of Ukraine on Friday at the White House, on the plane returning to Washington from the Middle East in his attempt to end the war in Gaza.
“I will meet with President Trump in Washington this week,” Zelensky declared earlier at a press conference in kyiv with the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas.
“We need to discuss a series of measures that I want to propose to the president,” he added, specifying that he would also have “other meetings” with US officials.
Meetings with legislators
In particular, he mentioned meetings in the United States with representatives of “military companies” and congressional legislators.
“The main topic will be anti-aircraft defense, but I will also have meetings with companies in the energy sector,” Zelensky continued.
In the last few days, Ukraine has been the target of new waves of Russian bombings against its energy infrastructurewhich threaten to leave a large number of Ukrainians without light or heating as winter approaches.
On August 18, Trump received Zelensky at the White House, after his meeting with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska.
The cordiality of this meeting contrasted with the previous one, in February, when Trump and his vice president JD Vance tried to publicly humiliate the Ukrainian leader.
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