WASHINGTON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged US counterpart Donald Trump on Sunday to visit his country to better understand the devastation wrought by Russia\u2019s invasion.
\n\u201cPlease, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead,\u201d he said according to a transcript of a CBS \u201c60 Minutes\u201d interview to be broadcast Sunday.
\nWith a visit to Ukraine, Trump \u201cwill understand what (Russian leader Vladimir) Putin did.\u201d
\nThe invitation comes as Trump pushes for a quick end to the more than three-year war, with the United States holding direct talks with Russia despite its unrelenting attacks on Ukraine.
\nWashington has also held talks with Ukrainian officials on a potential truce.
\nZelensky\u2019s invitation follows the heated row at the White House in late February between the Ukrainian president, Trump and US Vice President JD Vance, which played out in front of press.
\nVance at the time accused Ukraine of hosting foreign leaders on \u201cpropaganda tours\u201d to win support.
\nZelensky repeated his denial of that allegation, and told CBS that if Trump chose to visit Ukraine, \u201cwe will not prepare anything. It will not be theater.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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