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The King, key to Trump\u2019s change of stance on Ukraine
Zelensky\u2019s top aide says the monarch\u2019s contribution before the U.S. president\u2019s shift was \u201cvery important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The King played a crucial role in persuading Donald Trump that Ukraine could win the war against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private conversations with the monarch during the recent State Visit were \u201cvery important,\u201d Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s chief of staff told The Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, the U.S. president declared that Ukraine was now in a position to regain all of its territory occupied by Russian forces \u2014 a sharp shift from his earlier insistence that Ukraine should cede land to end the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His change of position came after a meeting with Zelensky at the United Nations this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked if the Ukrainian delegation had changed its opinion of Trump, Andriy Yermak praised the efforts of the King and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would like to mention that it was a great visit of President Trump to the United Kingdom, and I know the position of His Majesty, the position of Prime Minister Starmer, and the people with whom President Trump met\u2026 it was very important,\u201d Yermak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diplomatic sources suggested it was no coincidence that Trump\u2019s shift occurred soon after his talks with the King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is believed the monarch raised Ukraine in private meetings with Trump during the State Visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The King welcomed the Trumps to Windsor Castle, shared lunch and dinner with them, and spent a full day of activities together. In his State Banquet speech, he mentioned Ukraine by name once \u2014 in a tone known for its political charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the president, he said: \u201cOur countries have the closest defense, security, and intelligence relationship ever known. In two world wars, we fought together to defeat the forces of tyranny. Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand united in support of Ukraine to deter aggression and secure peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelensky likely used his meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to request shipments of Tomahawk missiles \u2014 weapons that could pressure Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources said the Ukrainian president told his U.S. counterpart that the advanced weapons system could help bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table for a peace deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It remains uncertain if Trump will agree to the request, though Zelensky suggested he was open to the proposal in an interview with Axios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yermak said: \u201cI can say that some weapons very important for Ukraine, to defend and to continue fighting \u2014 we probably heard for the first time a very open and positive position that we had never heard before. This is great progress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The King has been a firm supporter of Ukraine\u2019s resistance against Russia\u2019s invasion. In March, he hosted Zelensky at Sandringham for tea just days after the Ukrainian leader\u2019s tense meeting with Trump and JD Vance at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yermak also highlighted a visit by Jonathan Powell, Britain\u2019s national security adviser, who met soldiers on the frontline in Kharkiv before the State Visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am sure they had the opportunity to use this information and impressions during their talks with our American friends,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump, an Anglophile and admirer of royalty, delighted in the King\u2019s hospitality, calling Charles \u201ca very, very special man\u201d in his speech during the dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diplomatic sources said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European counterparts that Trump\u2019s change of tone on Ukraine should be seen \u201cas positively as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rubio also conveyed that Trump was \u201creally angry\u201d with Putin for ignoring his attempts to end the three-and-a-half-year war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and to RECOVER all of Ukraine in its original form,\u201d Trump wrote on social media after sitting with Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: \u201cWith time, patience, and the financial support of Europe and, in particular, NATO, the original borders from where this war began are largely an option.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A White House official told The Telegraph<\/em> that if Putin were smart, \u201che would urgently seek a deal to end the war that has caused significant damage to Russia\u2019s reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the President said, the war has not gone well for Russia, whose economy is in ruins and which continues to lose thousands of lives to gain \u2018virtually no land,\u2019\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf they were smart, they would urgently seek an agreement to end the war that has caused such significant harm to Russia\u2019s reputation, stop the killings, and put their country back on the right track. President Putin has repeatedly rejected generous proposals toward peace that would have benefited Russia.\u201d

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