Trump Offers Poland Troop Assurances, Weighs Russia Actions (1)

US President Donald Trump said the US could increase its troop presence in Poland and indicated more financial penalties targeting Moscow could be implemented in the coming days as he prepared to speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiyand European leaders.

Those so-called “coalition of the willing” talks, scheduled for Thursday, are expected to include a discusssion of a security backstop for Ukraine. Preperation for the meeting comes as Trump’s self-imposed deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold a bilateral meeting with Zelenskiy nears, and as the US president met with Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the White House ...