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Leaders from across Europe descended on Washington today and a remarkable show of support

for Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who came to the White House to meet President Trump.

The hastily arranged summit followed Friday's anchorage meeting between Mr. Trump and Russian

President Vladimir Putin.

Today's gathering lacked the red carpet treatment Trump gave Putin and indicted war criminal, but had the same goal to end three and a half years of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.

Nick Schiffran starts our coverage from the White House.

At the White House today, a leader at war survived what his aides worried was a diplomatic

minefield and received promises from President Trump of long-term U.S. support.

We're going to be discussing it today, but we will give them very good protection, very

good security.

In a deal outlined today, Ukraine's ability to guarantee its security will rely on European

troops sent into Ukraine, as well as European weapons, and Europe's purchasing American

weapons to be dispatched to Ukraine.

And today, President Trump declined on three occasions to rule out sending U.S. troops. Are you going to be willing to send American peacekeepers to Ukraine?

Well, we're going to work with Ukraine. We're going to work with everybody, and we're going to

make sure that if there's peace, the peace is going to stay long term. Could that involve U.S.

troops? Would you roll that out in the future? We'll let you know that maybe later today.

What's a jury guarantees do you need from President Trump to be able to make a deal?

Is it American troops, intelligent, equipment? What is it?

Everything. It's a lot about weapon and people and training missions and intelligence.

And second, we will discuss with our partners.

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