Donald Trump pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to give up swathes of territory to Russia during a tense meeting that left the Ukrainian delegation disappointed, according to two people briefed on the discussion.

The US president also declined to provide Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine and mused about giving security guarantees to both Kyiv and Moscow, comments that the Ukrainian delegation found confusing, added the two sources, who requested anonymity.

After his meeting on Friday with Zelenskiy, Trump publicly called for a ceasefire on the current frontlines, a position that the Ukrainian president then embraced in comments to reporters.

A third person said Trump came up with that proposal during the meeting after Zelenskiy said he would not voluntarily cede any territory to

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