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By Lili Bayer and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged European countries on Thursday to provide guarantees to protect Ukraine after the war with Russia ends but said these would not be enough without support from the United States under Donald Trump.

Mark Rutte, the head of NATO, met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and other European leaders at Mr. Rutte’s residence in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the deteriorating situation in the war with Russia and how Europe can offer more support to Kyiv.