The assembly between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ended after lasting greater than two hours.

Supply: Reuters; Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne

Particulars: Reuters reported that Zelenskyy had left the White Home.

An Ukrainska Pravda supply mentioned the assembly lasted greater than two hours, longer than initially deliberate.

Replace: Later, Suspilne reported that Zelenskyy was holding a cellphone name with European leaders following his assembly with Trump.

A supply inside the Ukrainian delegation mentioned it was a gaggle name, although the record of members was not but recognized.

Background:

• On 17 October, a bilateral assembly within the format of an official lunch was held on the White Home between Zelenskyy and Trump.
• It was earlier reported that one of many key matters of the dialog between the 2 leaders could be the attainable provision of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
• Following his dialog with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Trump mentioned that the Russian ruler "didn't like" the concept of Tomahawk missiles being equipped to Ukraine.
• Earlier than the lunch, Zelenskyy mentioned he would suggest to the US president a deal to obtain Tomahawk cruise missiles in change for Ukrainian drones.

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