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Europeans, Zelensky Cite Unity With Trump Ahead Of Putin Summit In Alaska

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is welcomed by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, right, to Berlin for a call with European leaders and President Donald Trump on Wednesday. (John Macdougall/Pool/Reuters)

BRUSSELS — European leaders on Wednesday implored President Donald Trump to keep one key point in mind when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska: The United States cannot — must not — negotiate away Ukrainian territory, especially for nothing in return.

As Trump floats “land swaps,” Kyiv’s European backers have rejected a Russian proposal to trade Ukrainian land for an undefined truce.

European leaders pressed their priorities in a call with Trump organized by Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday. They spoke first with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who traveled to Berlin, and then Trump joined. The call was intended to shape Trump’s thinking before the Alaska summit on Friday, with the anxious Europeans well aware that Trump in the past has seemed to fall under Putin’s spell.

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European leaders emerged heralding the conversation as unifying.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Trump was “very clear” on Wednesday that he wants to obtain a ceasefire, and he said that Trump agreed that Ukraine should be involved in any talks on territory.

Macron said that Trump also assured the Europeans that he would later seek a trilateral summit with Putin and Zelensky.

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