Riding high on acclaim for his role in brokering a ceasefire in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages, U.S. President Donald Trump is turning his attention to the conflict he long boasted he would end on his first day back in office: Russia's war with Ukraine.
Trump is scheduled to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday, a day after the U.S. president made what he described as "great progress" in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy is trying to draw a link between Trump's success in the Middle East and his potential for stopping the war in Europe.
"It is important not to lose the momentum for advancing peace," Zelenskyy wrote on social media this week. "The right actions by the U.S.
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