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President Donald Trump left, welcomed the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy when he arrived at the White House, Monday, August 18, 2025 in Washington.

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President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and seven European leaders gathered at the White House to speak to the war between Russia and Ukraine. The meeting followed a summit between Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week. We dive into the proposals to put an end to war and how each party could react there. We hear the NPR correspondent in Moscow and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.