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Zelensky-Trump meeting Highlights: European shares rise amid potential peace deal
Zelensky-Trump meeting Highlights: During their talks, President Zelensky and Trump expressed hope that Monday's White House sit-down could lead to trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Zelensky-Trump meeting Highlights: President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he has begun preparations for a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to explore a possible pathway to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The announcement followed a phone call with Putin, even as Trump hosted Zelensky and top European leaders at the White House for talks on his peace push. The discussions were marked by unease in Europe, with concerns that Trump could press Ukraine into concessions that might embolden Putin.
...Read More“I called President Putin and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelensky,” Trump said in a social media post after the talks. “After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat — the two Presidents plus myself. This was a very good, early step for a War that has been going on for almost four years.”
It remains unclear if Putin has agreed to the proposal. Russia’s state news agency Tass quoted Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov as saying both Trump and Putin “spoke in favor” of continuing direct talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations. Ushakov said they also discussed “the idea of raising the level of the direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations.”
Zelensky told reporters after the White House meeting, “If Russia does not demonstrate a will to meet, then we will ask the United States to act accordingly.”
Earlier in the day, Trump and Zelensky held one-on-one talks at the White House. Their meeting came just days after Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska, part of the US president’s efforts to broker a ceasefire.
Ahead of his Washington visit, Zelensky praised Trump on social media, saying only the United States had the power “to force Russia into peace.” Trump, in a series of Truth Social posts, insisted he “knows what he is doing” on the negotiations, stressing that his goal is “to stop the war, not to prosecute it any further.”
This marked Zelensky’s return to the White House six months after a heated public spat with Trump and US Vice President JD Vance. This time, he was joined by European leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
Trump-Zelensky Meeting | Key Takeaways
- Trump said he has begun planning a meeting between Putin and Zelensky to discuss ending the war.
- European leaders, including Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni, Alexander Stubb, Ursula von der Leyen, and NATO’s Mark Rutte, joined Zelensky in Washington.
- Trump and Zelensky held one-on-one talks before joining the wider European delegation at the White House.
- Putin’s adviser Yuri Ushakov said Trump and Putin backed continued direct talks but stopped short of confirming Putin’s participation.
- Zelensky warned that if Russia refuses to engage, Ukraine will call on the United States to take further steps.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with US President Donald Trump on Monday at the White House.
This meeting came after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss a ceasefire for the Ukraine war.
Zelensky, who marked his return to the White House after a horrific verbal spat with Trump in February, was accompanied by various EU leaders such as Giorgia Meloni, Emmanuel Macron, Fredrich Merz and more.
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