The meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ended after lasting more than two hours.

Source: Reuters; Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne

Details: Reuters reported that Zelenskyy had left the White House.

An Ukrainska Pravda source said the meeting lasted more than two hours, longer than initially planned.

Update: Later, Suspilne reported that Zelenskyy was holding a phone call with European leaders following his meeting with Trump.

A source within the Ukrainian delegation said it was a group call, though the list of participants was not yet known.

Background:

• On 17 October, a bilateral meeting in the format of an official lunch was held at the White House between Zelenskyy and Trump.
• It was earlier reported that one of the key topics of the conversation between the two leaders would be the possible provision of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.
• Following his conversation with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Trump said that the Russian ruler "didn't like" the idea of Tomahawk missiles being supplied to Ukraine.
• Before the lunch, Zelenskyy said he would propose to the US president a deal to receive Tomahawk cruise missiles in exchange for Ukrainian drones.

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