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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday said he was ready for elections, appearing to bow to pressure from President Donald Trump, who has been upping the pressure on Ukraine to hold a national vote during the war with Russia
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In his second term, the president has oscillated between condemning Russia and threatening sanctions to berating Ukraine and pressuring it to give up its land.
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;Resize=(620)) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV near Rome on Tuesday and was scheduled for talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, as he continued to rally European support for Ukraine while resisting U.S. pressure for a painful compromise with Russia on a peace plan to end the war.
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"We all know that the destiny of this country is the destiny of Europe," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said.
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The US president says European countries have failed to control migration or take decisive action to end Ukraine's war with Russia.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Tuesday, as Ukraine said it was preparing to send updated proposals to the U.S. for ending the war with Russia.
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Kyiv is seeking to resist a US push for a deal which would see territory handed over to Russia.
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President Donald Trump has said he is "disappointed" with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who he said had not read the latest plan to end Russia's war
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