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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour in Évian-les-Bains

European leaders urge Trump to host Zelenskyy-Putin talks

Zelensky and Trump sit at a G7 conference table talking, with a summit screen visible behind them
Zelenskyy tried to convince Trump that the US role should not be that of a messenger between the two sides but of a mediator supportive of Ukraine. Photograph: Ukrainian presidential press service/AFP/Getty Images

European leaders at the G7 summit have urged Donald Trump to try to break the deadlock over ending the Ukraine war by taking up the proposal for him to host talks in the US between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin.

The US president lamented “the great antipathy” between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders that made it difficult to reach a settlement, and vowed to do what he could. He said Moscow “should make a deal”, noting that it had “lost a great many people, just like Ukraine”.

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