Zelenskyy attends emergency Europe summit amid pressure from US, Russia

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53% : "European Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speak to press at European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on March 6, 2025.Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty ImagesDuring a special meeting at the European Council building in the Belgian capital earlier on Thursday, Zelenskyy proposed the "necessary steps for peace" in his speech, according to a transcript released by his office.
52% : "Air defense, weapons and ammunition for Ukraine, timely supplies, strengthening the Ukrainian defense industry, negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, the need to increase sanctions pressure on Russia and counteract the circumvention of sanctions -- all this was among our topics today," he wrote.
50% : Trump and his officials have been reluctant to offer any security guarantees to Kyiv as part of a peace deal with Russia -- an element Zelenskyy and his European partners say is vital to the success of any accord.
43% : The U.K. and France have said they will work with Kyiv to present a peace deal to Trump.
39% : The freeze came after a tumultuous meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump in the Oval Office last week, which descended into a shouting match and ended with the Ukrainian president's team being asked to leave.
38% : EU is torpedoing any preconditions for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine," Zakharova said, as quoted by the state-run TASS news agency.

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