Volodymyr Zelensky will head to Washington on Monday to debate “ending the killing and the struggle” with US President Donald Trump, the Ukrainian President introduced on Saturday.
Volodymyr Zelensky made the announcement after holding a telephonic dialog with Donald Trump, throughout which the US President knowledgeable him concerning the “details” of his talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
“On Monday, I’ll meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., to debate the entire particulars concerning ending the killing and the struggle,” Zelensky posted on X, including that “I’m grateful for the invitation.”
In response to Zelensky, he had a “lengthy and substantive dialog with Trump” that started as a one-on-one discuss earlier than European leaders joined him.
The Washington assembly is about to happen three days after Trump’s talks with Putin in Alaska ended with no ceasefire announcement or obvious breakthrough to finish Moscow’s greater than three-year-long invasion.
White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Trump had a “prolonged name” with Zelensky on the flight again to Washington.
Who joined the decision?
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte and European Fee president Ursula von der Leyen later joined the decision, a European Fee spokesperson stated.
The European leaders, who had been cautious of being not noted of the Alaska assembly, held their very own talks afterwards. Ukraine introduced, in the meantime, that Russia had launched 85 assault drones and a ballistic missile in the course of the evening after the summit.
Trump-Putin assembly final result
Trump and Putin emerged from their talks to supply heat phrases at a press briefing however took no questions from reporters.
“We’re not there but, however we’ve got made progress. There is no such thing as a deal till there is a deal,” Trump stated.
He known as the assembly “extraordinarily productive” with “many factors” agreed, however didn’t supply specifics.
“There are only a only a few which might be left, some aren’t that important, one might be probably the most important,” Trump stated with out elaborating.
‘Subsequent time in Moscow’
Putin additionally spoke basically phrases of cooperation on the joint press look that lasted simply 12 minutes.
“We hope that the understanding we’ve got reached will… pave the best way for peace in Ukraine,” Putin stated.
As Trump mused a few second assembly, Putin smiled and stated in English: “Subsequent time in Moscow.”
Putin informed Trump he agreed with him that the Ukraine struggle, which Putin ordered, wouldn’t have occurred if Trump had been president as a substitute of Joe Biden when the invasion was launched in 2022.
Earlier than the summit, Trump had warned of “extreme penalties” if Russia didn’t settle for a ceasefire.
However when requested about these penalties throughout a Fox Information interview after the talks, Trump stated that “due to what occurred as we speak, I believe I haven’t got to consider that now.”
(With inputs from companies)
