Zelensky meets Trump as conflict rages

KYIV/THE HAGUE — Russia and Ukraine continued to trade strikes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies at a NATO summit on Wednesday to bolster Ukraine's defense industry.

Zelensky had a meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the summit in The Hague on Wednesday.

He hailed the meeting as "long and substantive", saying the two talked about achieving a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.