The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has communicated that he will meet Donald Trump in Washington on Monday. The announcement comes after the summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, held at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in AnchoRage, Alaska. Zelensky said: “On Monday I will meet President Trump in Washington DC, to discuss all the details relating to the end of the killings and war. I am grateful for the invitation”. Confirming the availability of Ukraine to work with the utmost commitment to achieve peace, he added: “We support the proposal of President Trump of a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, United States and Russia”.
Summit between the United States and Russia: no truce agreement, but open to dialogue
The meeting between Trump and Putin lasted over three hours. In the end, the two leaders presented themselves in front of the press without granting questions or mentioning the term “truce”. The word “Pursuing Peace” appeared in the background of the press conference. Trump called the “very productive” summit, while Putin spoke of a “constructive” meeting. No agreement on the ceased the fire was reached during the summit, but both sides expressed their intention to continue the negotiations. After the summit, Trump said: “I think a quick peace agreement is better than a ceasefire.”
Phone call between Trump, Zelensky and European leaders
After the Summit in Alaska, Trump informed Zelensky and the main European leaders of the results of the meeting with Putin. Giorgia Meloni, president of the Italian Council, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, Emmanuel Macron, French president, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Alexander Stubub, Finnish president, Rafael Nawrocki, Polish president, Keir Starmer, British Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, Secretary of NATO, and Steve Witkoff, special, participated of the White House. According to sources close to the organization, the phone call lasted over an hour and a half.
Reactions and declarations after the summit
Zelensky specified that for Ukraine it is essential to also involve Europe in the next diplomatic steps: “It is important that Europeans are involved at every stage to guarantee solid security guarantees together with America”. He also reiterated that “key issues can be discussed at the level of leader and that a trilateral format is suitable for this purpose”. Trump stressed that now he is up to Zelensky to continue the negotiations: “They asked me to be present and I will be there”.
“A fantastic and highly successful day in Alaska! – the US president wrote on Truth – the meeting with the Russian president Vladimir Putin went very well, as well as the late night phone call with the Ukrainian president Zelensky and with several European leaders, including the authoritative secretary general of NATO. Everyone decided that the best way to end the terrible war between Russia and Ukraine is to come directly to an agreement Peace, which would end the war, and not to a simple fire, which often does not hold up.
Russia: possible negotiations also with the current conflict
Dmitrij Medvedev, a former Russian president and current vice -president of the Russian Security Council, said that negotiations are possible even while continuing the military operation in Ukraine. He wrote: “The meeting has shown that negotiations are possible without pre -contracts and at the same time as the continuation of the special military operation”. Medvedev also highlighted that Putin was able to present Russia’s conditions for the end of the war in detail.
The Ukrainian media comment on the summit hard
The Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Independent defined the “disgusting, shameful and, after all, useless”. The editorial underlines the treatment reserved for Putin compared to that received by Zelensky six months earlier in the oval study, defining the difference a “net contrast”. The newspaper reports: “Trump did not get what he wanted. But Putin? He certainly yes. From the moment he got off the plane on US soil, the Russian dictator was radiant”. The warm welcome offered by Trump to Putin and the lack of concrete results for Ukraine from the meeting is remembered.
Next meetings for peace between Russia, Ukraine and the United States
After the outcome of the summit in Alaska and the subsequent phone call with European leaders, Trump said that a trilateral meeting between the leaders of the United States, Ukrainian and Russia is possible, and that a peace solution must be found with a real global agreement, not only a ceasefire. Zelensky will meet Trump in Washington on Monday, to discuss details and continue the comparison in the new trilateral formula proposed.
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