Al Jazeera :
Donald Trump has said he will meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy after criticising the Ukrainian president on the campaign trail and expressing doubts about Ukraine’s ability to beat Russia.
Trump, the Republican candidate in the November 5 United States presidential election, said he would meet Zelenskyy in New York on Friday.
The announcement came just hours after US President Joe Biden unveiled more than $8bn in new military assistance for Kyiv and after Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic rival in November, met Zelenskyy and promised her “unwavering” support.
Trump has questioned the scale of US backing for Ukraine and at a campaign rally this week said the country should have made a deal with Russia when Moscow began its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
On Thursday, he repeated his claims that he could secure a peace deal.
“President Zelenskyy has asked to meet with me, and I will be meeting with him tomorrow morning at around 9:45 in Trump Tower,” Trump told reporters in New York.
