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Speaker 1: Half the leaders of Europe are heading to Washington with

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Speaker 1: Zolensky this for a meeting with Trump over Ukraine. And

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Speaker 1: Gavin Gray is our UK europe correspondent. What are we

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Speaker 1: hearing from Zelenski?

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Speaker 2: Well at the moment that I think he's pretty pleased

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Speaker 2: that they are going to be joining him. The fear

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Speaker 2: I think all of the European leaders have, and President

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Speaker 2: Zelenski as well, is that in some way the press

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Speaker 2: conference might be ambushed, as he was ambushed before at

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Speaker 2: the White House when it led to that really unpleasant

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Speaker 2: scene of him being criticized for what he was wearing,

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Speaker 2: being told he didn't have the cards, and really being

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Speaker 2: male to look very very small in that room. And

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Speaker 2: I think e'rerope really saying, look, we are there with you.

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Speaker 2: We're going to show solidarity whatever happens as a result

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Speaker 2: of these negotiations with Russia. But what's incredible is this

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Speaker 2: isn't just you know, the European Commission meeting along with

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Speaker 2: President Zelenski. This is a number of European leaders going.

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Speaker 2: It's almost quicker to tell you who isn't going, but

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Speaker 2: it's the UK Prime Minister Sekirstama, the French Resident Emanual

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Speaker 2: Matt Crant German Chancellor Fredi Merz. There's all sources going

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Speaker 2: along with the European Commissioned President Ursula Vonderlyine, and I

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Speaker 2: think they all want to try and show that they

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Speaker 2: are part of the process. Ukraine is on Europe's border

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Speaker 2: and they want to try and protect it. The question

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Speaker 2: is will Vladimir Putin be listening, will Donald Trump be listening,

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Speaker 2: and what effect will it have on this process?

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Speaker 1: Kevin appreciate that. Thanks for the update. That meeting taking

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