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Gavin Grey: European Correspondent on Europe's leaders moving to discuss Ukrainian security with Donald Trump. · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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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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  Speaker 1: place tomorrow morning. Our time for more from Early Edition
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  Speaker 1: with Ryan Bridge.
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