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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is in Washington, D.C. to meet with President Trump,

one of the most critical since the Cold War.

We have new reporting from inside the White House.

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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 with the breaking news here in Washington, trying to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Today, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is due to meet with President Trump

over at the White House.

The European leaders have scrambled to Washington and will also attend that meeting.

And it comes just a few days after the President's Alaskan summit with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

And President Trump appears to echo two of Putin's key demands.

On social media last night, President Trump said Ukraine must accept it will not see the return of Crimea,

and it will not be allowed to join the NATO military alliance.

The future of Ukraine could hang in the balance of today's talks,

and Putin's relentless bombardment,

which continues and it underscores the stakes right now.

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