Zelensky Meets Trump, Macron for 30-Minute G7 Ukraine Talks as Air Defense Support Advances
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Updated · Kyiv Independent · Jun 16
Zelensky Meets Trump, Macron for 30-Minute G7 Ukraine Talks as Air Defense Support Advances
3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Independent · Jun 16
Summary
A 30-minute meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron at the G7 marked Zelensky and Trump's first encounter in more than four months as Kyiv tries to restart stalled peace talks.
G7 partners agreed to strengthen Ukraine's air defenses, Zelensky said, adding the talks covered both systems and missiles and that he raised with Trump possible licenses for Ukraine to produce anti-ballistic systems and missiles.
Trump called it a good meeting and said Russia should make a deal, while Zelensky said he hopes Trump can help arrange a trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin in the United States.
That push faces a familiar obstacle: the Kremlin has rejected meeting Zelensky in a neutral country and Putin recently said he sees no point in such talks, even as Zelensky argues only Putin can end the war.
U.S.-mediated negotiations have been effectively frozen since February, with Ukrainian and U.S. officials saying Washington's focus shifted to its war with Iran.