The US and Ukrainian presidents have wrapped up their one-on-one meeting and stepped out for a joint photo with European leaders absent from their earlier discussion.

Source: European Pravda; live broadcast from the White House

Details: Shortly before 22:00 Kyiv time, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy emerged from the White House and posed for a joint photo with European leaders.

After that, negotiations involving all those present are to begin.

European leaders were offered lunch as the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting was in progress.

President Trump and President Zelenskyy en route to meet with the European leaders pic.twitter.com/EHvttm7nDl

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Background: Trump has told journalists at the White House that he no longer considers the cessation of hostilities a necessary step for further peace talks with Russia.

Trump has also commented on possible US security guarantees for Ukraine, including the potential deployment of American troops, which he neither confirmed nor denied.

For his part, Zelenskyy has thanked Trump and European allies for the weapons that Ukraine is now receiving through a special NATO mechanism.

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