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NEW YORK (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived Friday for a gathering pinch Donald Trump arsenic nationalist tensions person been rising betwixt nan 2 complete Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.

“I deliberation we person a communal position that nan warfare successful Ukraine has to beryllium stopped and Putin can’t win,” Zelenskyy said referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

After arriving together astatine a convention room connected Friday, Trump said “the truth that we’re moreover together coming is simply a very bully sign.”

The sojourn is taking spot astatine Trump Tower successful New York, a time aft Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic opponent, met pinch nan Ukrainian leader and expressed unwavering support.

The gathering is highly anticipated and comes arsenic Election Day nears, pinch Trump and Harris taking sharply different positions connected backing Ukraine successful nan 3rd twelvemonth of its warfare pinch Russia.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump meets pinch Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy astatine Trump Tower, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump meets pinch Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy astatine Trump Tower, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Trump has successful caller days praised Russia’s historical subject victories and insisted nan U.S. needs “to get out” and extremity its engagement pinch Ukraine.

Friday’s gathering almost wasn’t scheduled contempt Zelenskyy’s agency saying thing had been planned during nan Ukrainian leader’s sojourn to nan U.N. General Assembly, during which he is making his endgame transportation to allies.

In an question and reply pinch The New Yorker that was published earlier this week, Zelenskyy implied Trump does not understand and oversimplifies nan conflict. The Ukrainian leader said Trump’s moving mate JD Vance was “too radical” and had fundamentally advocated for Ukraine to “make a sacrifice” by “giving up its territories.”

Trump ripped Zelenskyy and Ukraine connected 2 abstracted occasions this week. Speaking Wednesday successful North Carolina, Trump referred to Ukraine arsenic “demolished” and its group arsenic “dead.”

“Any woody — nan worst woody — would’ve been amended than what we person now,” Trump said. “If they made a bad woody it would’ve been overmuch better. They would’ve fixed up a small spot and everybody would beryllium surviving and each building would beryllium built and each building would beryllium aging for different 2,000 years.”

I shared nan specifications of nan Victory Plan pinch Vice President @KamalaHarris. It is very important for america to beryllium afloat understandable and activity successful afloat coordination pinch nan United States.

We must extremity this warfare and execute a conscionable peace. We must protect our group – Ukrainian… pic.twitter.com/ihS1JrAzKk

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 26, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris meets pinch Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, successful nan vice president's ceremonial agency wrong nan Eisenhower Executive Office Building connected nan White House analyzable successful Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Vice President Kamala Harris meets pinch Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, successful nan vice president's ceremonial agency wrong nan Eisenhower Executive Office Building connected nan White House analyzable successful Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Meanwhile, Harris connected Thursday stood alongside Zelenskyy and said Trump’s push for Ukraine to quickly trim a woody to extremity nan warfare were “not proposals for peace,” but “proposals for surrender.” Trump connected Thursday said he was not advocating for a surrender.

While Trump and Vance person been captious of U.S. backing for Ukraine, different Republican friends of nan erstwhile president person backed Kyiv’s defense against Moscow’s penetration and reason supporting Ukraine is successful America’s interest.

One state of some Ukraine and Trump is Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. At a closed-door gathering Zelenskyy had pinch senators connected Capitol Hill, besides connected Thursday, Graham stood up and said he had been talking to Trump astir nan Ukrainian president, according to a personification acquainted pinch nan business and granted anonymity to talk nan backstage meeting.

Graham told those successful nan room he would talk to Zelenskyy privately astir his conversations pinch Trump, nan personification said. As nan gathering came to a close, Graham pulled Zelenskyy speech and nan 2 had a backstage conversation.

Graham is adjacent to nan erstwhile president, contempt an on-again-off-again relationship, and has often played a domiciled arsenic an intermediary connected various subjects. He did not respond to a connection seeking remark Thursday.

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Gomez Licon reported from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Mascaro from Washington.

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