War in Ukraine: Zelensky hopes to meet Trump in Washington on Friday

By Le Figaro with AFP

Published on February 26 at 3:28 p.m.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a news conference in Kiev, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, February 19, 2025. TETIANA DZHAFAROVA/REUTERS

The Ukrainian president wants to finalize a framework agreement on the exploitation of Ukrainian minerals and ask his American counterpart whether he intends to "stop" aid to Ukraine.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday, February 26, that he was aiming to meet with his American counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, February 28, to finalize a framework agreement on the exploitation of Ukrainian minerals, and to ask him whether he intends to "stop" aid to Ukraine.

"There is a working date (...) on Friday," Zelensky explained at a press conference in Kiev. "My question (to Donald Trump) will be very direct: will the United States stop support or not? Can we buy weapons, if not more aid?" he said afterwards, speaking in English.

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