Happening now, breaking news, a pitch for peace.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy joining an 11th hour call with President Trump.

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As federal agents here in Washington are deployed to patrol the streets of the nation's capital. We want to welcome

our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown,

and you're in the Situation Room.

This is CNN Breaking News. And we begin this hour with the Breaking News.

And we begin this hour with the breaking news, a last-ditch effort by Ukraine and Europe, just

two days before President Trump is scheduled to meet face-to-face with the Russian President

Vladimir Putin. We have new video just coming into the situation room of the show of unity only moments

ago European leaders and the Ukrainian President Zelensky speaking with President Trump

amid growing concerns their interests could be compromised in a potential ceasefire deal with

Putin.

CNN has reporters spread out around the world to bring you all the

very latest developments on this very busy and historic day for diplomacy. I want to start

first with CNN's chief international security correspondent Nick Peyton Walsh. She's in Kiev,

Ukraine for us. Nick Zelensky is personally in Germany. How symbolic is all of this as well?

Yeah, I mean, it's another attempt for him to use his personal presence to send a message to

U.S. President Donald Trump about how utterly important this moment is, and particularly Friday in

Alaska when President Trump meets

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