Zelenskyy leaves White Home after assembly with Trump, Reuters experiences

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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