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Trump Zelensky Meeting LIVE: After meerting with President Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday confirmed he is willing to meet directly with Putin to end the invasion of his country. Meanwhile, Putin
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Trump Zelensky Meeting LIVE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday following talks at the White House that he would be willing to meet directly with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end the invasion of his country.
"I confirmed -- and all European leaders supported me -- that we are ready for a bilateral meeting with Putin," Zelensky told Ukrainian media outside the White House following talks with several European leaders and Trump.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to the "idea" of direct talks with Ukraine, as he spoke by phone with US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday, according to the TASS news agency.
"Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump expressed support for the continuation of direct negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine," Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said, as quoted by TASS.
"In this regard, in particular, the idea was discussed that it would be necessary to study the possibility of raising the level of representatives of the Ukrainian and Russian sides, that is, those representatives who participate in the aforementioned direct negotiations."
The meeting between Trump, Zelensky and other key European leaders came to a conclusion, looking forward to soon setting up a three-party meeting for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky to work things out on a potential peace deal.
What happened before the meeting?
Earlier on Monday, 18 August 2025, Zelensky brought with him an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to show Trump a united front against Russia.
The European political heavy-hitters were left out of Trump summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last Friday, and they are looking to safeguard Ukraine and the continent from any widening aggression from Moscow.
By arriving as a group, they hope to avoid any debacles like Zelensky February meeting in the Oval Office, where Trump chastised him for not showing enough gratitude for American military aid.
European heavyweights in Washington
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte are planning to join Zelensky in America capital.
On the table for discussion are possible NATO-like security guarantees that Ukraine would need for any peace with Russia to be durable. Putin opposes Ukraine joining NATO outright, yet Trump team claims the Russian leader is open to allies agreeing to defend Ukraine if it comes under attack.
Trump-Putin meeting
According to Trump envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff, the US President and Russia Vladimir Putin had reached an agreement during their summit on providing “robust security guarantees” for Ukraine.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that a ceasefire was still possible but that “the best way to end this conflict is through a full peace deal."
"How that constructed, what we call it, how it built, what guarantees are built into it that are enforceable, that what we ll be talking about over the next few days with our partners who are coming in from overseas,” Rubio told NBC “Meet the Press.”
Although the summit failed to secure the ceasefire he said he had wanted, Trump said in an interview with Fox News Sean Hannity that he and Putin had discussed land transfers and security guarantees for Ukraine, and had “largely agreed”.
"I think we are pretty close to a deal," he said, adding: "Ukraine has to agree to it. Maybe they ll say no."
What does Putin demand?
Peace proposals discussed during the Alaska summit involve Russia giving up small areas of occupied Ukrainian territory, while Ukraine would agree to hand over large parts of its eastern region that Moscow has so far failed to seize, sources briefed on Moscow thinking told Reuters.
On the surface, some of the proposed terms would be extremely difficult for Ukraine leadership to accept.
Putin proposal reportedly excludes a ceasefire until a full agreement is reached directly opposing a major condition set by President Zelensky, as Ukraine continues to endure daily strikes from Russian drones and missiles.
Under the proposed Russian deal, Kyiv would fully withdraw from the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions in return for a Russian pledge to freeze the front lines in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, the sources said.
Although the Americans have not spelt this out, the sources said they knew Russia leader was also seeking, at the very least, formal recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014.
2025-08-19
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Anushka Tripathi
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