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After Gaza, is Trump turning his attention to Ukraine?

US President Donald Trump is due to meet Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday
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  1. low-observable, long range air launched cruise missile displayed at Paris Air Show with the MBDA logo. The air to surface weapon from the European manufacturer MBDA at the company's booth at International Paris Air Show 2025 in Le Bourget Airport

  2. Ukrainian workers work at the site of an airstrike on a private building in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, 21 October.

  3. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and US President Donald Trump. File photo

  4. A woman wearing a dark-coloured winter coat stands next to a table with cups, a kettle and plug points on it in an "invincibility centre" - where people can get an internet connection, charge their devices and warm up, amid a water and electricity supply outage in Chernihiv. A man sits on a chair behind the woman using his phone, while another is standing behind her also holding his phone. They are standing inside a large tent.

  5. A solider with his face covered

  6. Ukrainian soldiers, in camouflage military clothing, stand in a trench during a training exercise. Behind them, more personnel are standing in an otherwise empty, brown field.

  7. Trump and Zelensky pictured outside the White House on Friday 17 October.

  8. Donald Trump, wearing a white short and chequered violet and white tie speaks as Volodymyr Zelensky all in black looks up to him smiling

  9. Russian President Vladimir Putin boards a plane following a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska

  10. Donald Trump shakes Volydmyr Zelensky's hand

  11. Alexander Stubb on left wears a dark suit, white shirt and dark purple tie, with glasses. He is speaking, his hands up for emphasis. On the right, Donald Trump is wearing a blue suit, white shirt and red tie, as he listens.

  12. Stylised image showing a map of Ukraine overlaid with images of tanks and a soldier holding a shoulder launcher

  13. Bernd Debusmann is asking a question to Trump on the left and President Trump is on the right.

  14. Ukrainian diver, Volodymyr Zhuravlyov, who is wanted by Germany under an European Arrest Warrant over his alleged involvement in the 2022 underwater explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline, walks free from the court room

  15. A computer generated image of a Tomahawk missile

  16. Nigel Farage is pictured while speaking outdoors in front of a blurred brick building with windows. He wears a blue suit jacket, white dress shirt, and blue patterned tie.

  17. Donald Trump, wearing a blue suit and red tie, places a hand on the shoulder of Volodymyr Zelensky, dressed in black, with a Ukrainian flag visible behind them

  18. Vladimir Putin, wearing a black suit and maroon tie, standing next to Donald Trump, wearing a blue suit and red tie, in front of Air Force One, with a red carpet seen to the left

  19. Oil pump with russian flag in the background - stock photo

  20. Blonde-haired and wearing a white blouse, Kaja Kallas, vice president of the European Commission, stands in front of a grey wall and the slogan "Preserving Peace Defence Readiness"

  21. Narendra Modi

  22. A large cargo ship with "Rosneft" branding is escorted by two smaller boats, including a tugboat, in a calm waterway. The ship has a white and yellow upper structure with a red hull. An urban skyline is visible in the background.