Things change fast in Donald Trump’s world. A few days ago, the US president falsely branded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “dictator” who started Russia’s war in Ukraine and had “no cards” to play. But on Friday the Ukrainian war hero will get a full White House welcome.

The Ukrainian leader hopes to finalize a mineral-rights deal with Washington and appeal for security guarantees.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday. It could be a pivotal moment in Trump’s efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump and Zelenskiy sat down for talks in the Oval Office as Kyiv works to bolster U.S. support and Trump opens talks with Moscow. Zelenskiy, who gained billions of dollars' worth of U.S. weaponry and moral support from the Biden administration for its fight against Russia,

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