KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump said he and European leaders discussed proposals to end the war in Ukraine in “pretty strong terms” Wednesday, adding that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “has to be realistic” about his country's position on a peace plan.

As tension builds around a U.S. push for a settlement, the leaders of Germany, Britain and France spoke to Trump by phone and requested a meeting this weekend with the U.S. and Ukraine, the U.S. president said.

“We’ll make a determination depending on what they come back with,” the president told reporters during a question-and-answer session at the White House.

Earlier, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine was expected to give its latest peace proposals to U.S. negotiators Wednesday, ahead of his urgent talks Thursday with leaders and

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