{"id":514,"date":"2025-03-02T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/03\/02\/trump-news-and-live-updates-zelensky-arrives-for-meeting-of-european-leaders-on-ukraine-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T14:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:30:08","slug":"trump-news-and-live-updates-zelensky-arrives-for-meeting-of-european-leaders-on-ukraine-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/03\/02\/trump-news-and-live-updates-zelensky-arrives-for-meeting-of-european-leaders-on-ukraine-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump News and Live Updates: Zelensky Arrives for Meeting of European Leaders on Ukraine – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Stephen<\/a>\"Jeanna<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Here is the latest.<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said Sunday that he would work with the leaders of Ukraine and France on a cease-fire plan to end Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, as the region reels from the Trump administration\u2019s recent moves.<\/p>\n

The comments came ahead of a summit in London on Sunday, where Mr. Starmer met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and other European leaders to discuss the war. The gathering took on greater urgency after Mr. Zelensky\u2019s heated Oval Office meeting<\/a> with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday raised fears the U.S. would try to strong-arm<\/a> Ukraine\u2019s president into making a peace deal on whatever terms the Americans dictated.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Starmer gave Mr. Zelensky a warm hug as he arrived at the summit in London. On Sunday morning, Mr. Starmer told the BBC that he had spoken to President Trump by phone a day earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m clear in my mind he does want lasting peace, he does want an end to the fighting in Ukraine,\u201d said Mr. Starmer.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said that he, Mr. Zelensky and President Emmanuel Macron of France had agreed they \u201cwould work on a plan for stopping the fighting and then discuss that plan with the U.S.\u201d Any peace agreement \u201cis going to need a U.S. backstop,\u201d Mr. Starmer added, saying that British and U.S. teams were discussing the idea.<\/p>\n

The angry exchange in the Oval Office on Friday was the latest sign that Mr. Trump was pivoting American foreign policy away from traditional allies like Ukraine and Europe. It also illustrated the seriousness of his plans to quickly end the war in Ukraine, which could result in a deal that empowers Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s summit, arranged by Mr. Starmer, was originally set up to inform other European leaders about his own meeting with Mr. Trump<\/a> in Washington on Thursday. But it gained new<\/a> importance after Mr. Zelensky\u2019s Oval Office meeting, making the goals of supporting Ukraine and beefing up their defenses more critical than ever<\/a>. Since Friday, European leaders have lined up behind Ukraine<\/a> and lauded its embattled president.<\/p>\n

Mr. Zelensky is also set to meet King Charles III later on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what else to know:<\/p>\n