Trump speaks to Ukrainian and NATO leaders after Putin summit reaches no deal to end war

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Aug 16, 2025

Trump speaks to Ukrainian and NATO leaders after Putin summit reaches no deal to end war

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no peace agreement

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he plans to meet U.S. President Donald Trump next week. The two leaders will discuss ending the killing and the war in Ukraine, he says. Trump rolled out the red carpet on Friday for Putin, but he gave little concrete detail afterward. Zelenkyy voiced support for Trump’s proposal for a trilateral meeting with the United States and Russia.. Russian officials and media struck a largely positive tone, with some describing the summit as a symbolic end to Putin’S isolation in the West. The U.N. Security Council has called the meeting a “calm, positive step’’ and “a step in the right direction,” but not a ‘breakthrough’ in the Ukraine crisis.. The United Nations has called on Russia and Ukraine to end the fighting in the east of the country by the end of the year.. Russia has accused the United Nations of failing to do enough to protect its citizens in Ukraine.

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he plans to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington next week after Trump’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin ended without an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy said he held a “long and substantive” conversation with Trump on Saturday after the U.S. leader met Putin in Alaska. He thanked Trump for an invitation to meet in person in Washington on Monday and said they would “discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war.”

Trump rolled out the red carpet on Friday for Putin, who was in the U.S. for the first time in a decade. But he gave little concrete detail afterward of what was discussed, and little was known as the two leaders parted about what would come next.

“Positive” US signals on security guarantees

Zelenskyy reiterated the importance of involving Europe — which, like the Ukrainian leader, wasn’t at the table at Friday’s summit.

“It is important that Europeans are involved at every stage to ensure reliable security guarantees together with America,” he said. “We also discussed positive signals from the American side regarding participation in guaranteeing Ukraine’s security.”

He didn’t elaborate, but Zelenskyy previously has said that European partners put on hold a proposal to establish a foreign troop presence in Ukraine as a deterrence against future Russian aggression because it lacked an American backstop.

Zelenskyy said he spoke to Trump one-on-one and then in a call with other European leaders. In total the conversations lasted over an hour and a half.

“No deal until there’s a deal”

Trump said in Alaska that “there’s no deal until there’s a deal,” after Putin claimed the two leaders had hammered out an “understanding” on Ukraine and warned Europe not to “torpedo the nascent progress.”

During an interview with Fox News Channel before heading back to Washington, Trump insisted that the onus going forward might be on Zelenskyy “to get it done,” but said there would also be some involvement from European nations.

Trump did not speak to reporters on his flight back to Washington. When his plane landed, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Trump was on the phone with NATO leaders after a lengthy call with Zelenskyy.

Trump then disembarked Air Force One without speaking to reporters. He didn’t respond to shouted questions about the phone calls as he climbed into his limousine.

Trump spoke with Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Polish President Karol Nawrocki, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, European Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta said. She gave no details of the conversation.

Hopes for a three-way meeting

Zelenskyy voiced support for Trump’s proposal for a trilateral meeting with the U.S. and Russia. He said that “key issues can be discussed at the level of leaders, and a trilateral format is suitable for this.”

But Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said on Russian state television Saturday that a potential trilateral meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy has not been raised in U.S.-Russia discussions. “The topic has not been touched upon yet,” Ushakov said, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.

Russian officials and media struck a largely positive tone, with some describing Friday’s meeting as a symbolic end to Putin’s isolation in the West.

Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the country’s Security Council, praised the Alaska summit as a breakthrough in restoring high-level dialogue between Moscow and Washington, describing the talks as “calm, without ultimatums and threats.”

Russian attacks on Ukraine continued overnight, using one ballistic missile and 85 Shahed drones, 61 of which were shot down, Ukraine’s Air Force said. Front-line areas of Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Chernihiv were attacked.

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Morton reported from London. Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report.

Source: Apnews.com | View original article

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to meet Trump on Monday after US-Russia summit secured no peace agreement

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he plans to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington. The two leaders will discuss ending the killing and the war in Ukraine, he says. Trump rolled out the red carpet on Friday for Putin, but he gave little concrete detail afterward. Zelenkyy voiced support for Trump’s proposal for a trilateral meeting with the United States and Russia.. Russian officials and media struck a largely positive tone, with some describing the summit as a symbolic end to Putin’S isolation in the West. The talks were described as “calm, without ultimatums and threats,” according to former President Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the country”s Council of Councils.. The meeting was described as a breakthrough in restoring high security in Moscow and Washington, describing the talks as ‘calm’ and “without ultimatum and threats,.’’

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“Positive” US signals on security guarantees

Zelenskyy reiterated the importance of involving Europe — which, like the Ukrainian leader, wasn’t at the table at Friday’s summit.

Zelenskyy said he spoke to Trump one-on-one and then in a call with other European leaders. In total the conversations lasted over an hour and a half.

“No deal until there’s a deal”

Trump then disembarked Air Force One without speaking to reporters. He didn’t respond to shouted questions about the phone calls as he climbed into his limousine.

Hopes for a three-way meeting

Russian officials and media struck a largely positive tone, with some describing Friday’s meeting as a symbolic end to Putin’s isolation in the West.

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Morton reported from London. Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report.

Samya Kullab And Elise Morton, The Associated Press

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