It appears the biggest takeaway from the Zelensky/EU summit with Trump today is that Zelensky has been talked into agreeing with direct talks with Russia, preferably Zelensky with Putin himself, without the nonstarter conditions the UA side had been insisting upon to scuttle any hope of peace talks.
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Zelenskyy previously had said he wanted Russia to agree to a ceasefire before any meeting between himself and Putin, but he said Monday that if the Ukrainians started setting conditions, the Russians would do the same.
''That's why I believe that we must meet without any conditions, and think about what development there can be of this path to the end of war,'' Zelenskyy said.
Earlier, Trump said during talks with Zelenskyy and the European leaders that a potential ceasefire and who gets Ukrainian territory seized by Russia should be hashed out during a face-to-face meeting between the warring countries' two leaders.
''We're going to let the president go over and talk to the president and we'll see how that works out,'' Trump said.