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By Hadriana Lowenkron and Wendy Benjaminson

February 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM UTC

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February 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will be involved in peace talks with Russia, a day after top US advisers suggested the negotiations might go on without him.

“He will be involved, yes,” Trump said Sunday in response to reporters’ questions after attending the Daytona 500 car race in Florida. He didn’t specify whether Zelenskiy or his aides would attend preliminary talks this week in Saudi Arabia or during a later summit among the country’s leaders.