European leaders expected to cement support for Ukraine amid Washington pressure to accept deal
BERLIN (AP) — European leaders are expected to cement support for Ukraine Monday as it faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a U. S. -brokered peace deal. After Sunday’s talks in Berlin between U. S. envoys and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian and European officials are set to continue a series of meetings in an effort to secure the continent’s peace and security in the face of an increasingly assertive Russia. Zelenskyy sat down Sunday with U. S. President in...
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