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[global network report] according to reuters, afp and other media reports, former u.s. president and republican presidential candidate trump announced on thursday (26th) local time that he would meet with mr. trump, who is visiting the united states, on friday (27th). ukrainian president zelensky. previously, trump and zelensky had exchanged words and expressed dissatisfaction with each other over how to end the conflict between russia and ukraine. at one time, there was news that trump seemed to be preparing to refuse zelensky’s request for a meeting, and that the meeting might "go to waste." ".

agence france-presse stated that trump announced the news of his meeting with zelensky in new york on thursday, and the meeting will be held at trump tower in new york. "president zelensky has requested a meeting with me, and i will meet with him tomorrow morning around 9:45 a.m.," trump said in new york.

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reuters mentioned that a few hours before trump announced that he would meet with zelensky, the democratic biden administration announced an additional $8 billion in aid to ukraine early on the 26th.

in addition, according to agence france-presse, also on the 26th, zelensky met with us president biden and us vice president and democratic presidential candidate harris at the white house, and submitted a "victory plan" regarding ukraine to the two. ".

recently, ukrainian president zelensky is visiting the united states and seeking more military support from the united states. however, the "cordial" scene of his meeting with top democratic party leaders has aroused strong dissatisfaction from the republican party. according to xinhua news agency, zelensky previously criticized trump’s running mate and republican vice presidential candidate james vance in an exclusive interview published by the new yorker on september 22. vance had "suggested" that ukraine could give up some territory to end the conflict. zelensky said that he was "too radical" and questioned trump's remarks that "after being elected, he can quickly promote a peace agreement between russia and ukraine", saying that he felt that trump "doesn't know how to stop this war." in addition, zelensky also visited the scranton army ammunition plant in pennsylvania on the 22nd to meet with workers. pennsylvania governor josh shapiro and other democrats accompanied him. some republicans, especially those close to trump, criticized the visit as a political show.

in response to zelensky's above words and deeds, trump accused the ukrainian president on september 25 of refusing to reach a peace agreement with russia. mike johnson, the republican speaker of the house of representatives, publicly demanded that zelensky sack the ukrainian ambassador to the united states, accusing ukraine of interfering in the u.s. presidential election.