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(Bloomberg) — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is meeting with Donald Trump at a summit of NATO leaders as he seeks to persuade the US president to sell weapons to Ukraine.
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The encounter at The Hague on Wednesday is their first since Ukraine and Russia resumed direct talks to try to end the war.
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Trump and Zelenskiy last met at the Vatican in April, where they huddled for about 15 minutes just before the funeral of Pope Francis. Plans for the pair to meet on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Canada earlier this month were scrapped when Trump left the event early.
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Trump’s efforts to force through a deal to end the war in Ukraine appeared to be making progress in May, but since then Russian President Vladimir Putin has defied US and European calls to accept a ceasefire and join negotiations in earnest.
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Current US funding for military aid to Ukraine that was approved under former President Joe Biden is due to run out in the summer. Trump has indicated he won’t renew the funding support for Ukraine, which needs weapons such as Patriot air-defense systems that only the US can supply.
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Zelenskiy is seeking to persuade the US president to allow Kyiv to buy weapons instead. He is also likely to appeal to Trump to ramp up sanctions on Russia, arguing that’s the only way to persuade Putin to engage seriously with peace talks.
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Trump has been unwilling to increase pressure on Putin so far, despite the Kremlin leader’s refusal to make concessions.
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He criticized Putin for “shooting missiles into civilian areas” in Ukraine after the April meeting with Zelenskiy. Since then, Russia has intensified missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, and 21 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in strikes on Tuesday.
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