Zelenskiy presses for EU-US unity to stop Putin

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81% : Ukraine, Trump tariffs to dominate EU summit*EU leaders to reaffirm support for Ukraine*Zelenskiy invited to attend first part of talks*EU must present united front on trade, say diplomats(Updates with Zelenskiy, Costa comments at start of summit , changes media identifier to UKRAINE-CRISIS/EU)By Philip Blenkinsop and Lili BayerBRUSSELS, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Donald Trump on Thursday to ally with Europe to stop Russia and save his country amid fears the NATO sceptic U.S. President-elect could deal a setback to Kyiv by cutting American support for its war effort.
65% : Antonio Costa, chairing his first EU summit as the new European Council president, said the EU would work for a just and lasting peace.
61% : "We need very much unity between the United States and EU and countries of Europe," Zelenskiy said before addressing European Union leaders at the start of an EU summit dominated by the Ukraine war that Trump has vowed to end.
59% : EU diplomats have said the leaders aim to send a clear signal to Trump about their continued support for Ukraine and will stress that any peace settlement must involve Ukraine and respect its territorial integrity.
57% : The EU will seek to point out that it is the United States' second-biggest trading partner and a close ally with shared values.
56% : Some EU diplomats said the key for the bloc would be unity and avoidance of Washington conducting discussions or deals with single EU members - a copy of its largely successful unified strategy for dealing with Britain during Brexit negotiations.
50% : EU leaders are due to reaffirm their "unwavering commitment" to supporting Ukraine "for as long as it takes", according to draft summit conclusions.
50% : "The U.S. might try individual negotiations but so far I have not seen countries falling for that," one EU diplomat said.
45% : Trump has said the EU will "pay a big price" with tariffs for not buying enough U.S. exports.
42% : EU draft conclusions for the summit say that "Russia must not prevail", adding that no initiative must be taken on Ukraine without Kyiv's involvement.
42% : The EU knows it will not be spared.
34% : Trump has repeatedly called for a swift end to the nearly three-year-old war.
27% : However, mindful that Trump is preoccupied by the U.S. goods trade deficit, EU officials have mooted potentially offering to buy more U.S. LNG or arms.

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