Ukraine live updates: Trump and European leaders press Putin to agree to Zelenskyy meeting | Ukraine
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Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that at the end of the meeting on Monday, they hoped that they would lead to three -way meetings with Vladimir PutinThe forces in the east of Ukraine are slowly moving.
In a social media broadcast on Monday, Trump said he was looking for the Russian leader and started to hold a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy and began to follow a triple summit between the three presidents.
Trump told European leaders that Putin’s series was talking about a source in the European delegation.
He did not explain the Kremlin agreement publicly, but a senior Trump management official Putin-Zelenskyy said that the meeting could be held in Hungary.
According to the German Chancellor, the couple will meet within the next two weeks Friedrich Merz.
The latest direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine took place in Türkiye in June. Putin rejected Zelenskyy’s invitation to face him face -to -face, and instead sent a low -level delegation.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy added that Washington’s meeting with Donald Trump and European leaders will probably work within 10 days for Ukraine, and that Ukraine will include a package of US weapons.
“Indeed, we have a package with offers worth $ 90 billion,” Ukrainian President said. “And when our exports are opened with the US President, we make agreements on the purchase of Ukraine drones. This is important for us.”
As Warren Murray’s latest Ukrainian War, written in our briefing, reports have previously claimed that Ukraine would promise to buy $ 100 billion -dollar weapons from the United States as part of the US suppliers as a part of an agreement to guarantee the security of the US.
. Financial times He added that Ukraine and the US will make an agreement of $ 50 billion to produce aircraft with Ukrainian companies. Drone news can partially repeat similar announcements.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the talks in the White House as “good and constructive ve and said that they produced“ real progress ..
Speaking after the summit, Starmer said, “There was a real sense of unity between European leaders and President Trump and President Zelenskyy.”
Starmer emphasized the “two financial outcome” of the talks – the first is about the security guarantees of the coalition of the coalition that will work with the US now ”.
“This is really important for security in Ukraine, security in Europe and security in the United Kingdom,” the Prime Minister said.
Starmer continued:
The other important conclusion was that after a telephone conversation between President Putin and President Zelenskyy, after a telephone conversation between President Trump and President Putin, a three -sided agreement was to be made.
This is the recognition of the very serious issue of the exchange of the region, the prisoners or the return of children, the principle that Ukraine should be on the table.
These were two results, which were the most important of today. There was a real sense of unity. Today we have made real progress.
Opening Summary
Welcome to the live scope of the latest diplomatic efforts to find the end of the war in Ukraine.
According to Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and European leaders, he agreed to face -to -face interviews with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but the Kremlin has not yet confirmed that a meeting would take place.
The US President said that after meeting with leaders of Germany, England, France, Italy, Finland, the European Union and NATO in the White House, he would coordinate the security guarantees for Ukraine in case of an agreement and claimed that the arrangements for the Zelenskyy-Putin meeting continue. He said that there would be a triple meeting between Trump and the two.
Finland President Alexander Stubb said that the main agreement of the White House meeting should end the killing and whether Putin had the courage to meet Zelenskyy. Stubb said, “Putin is rarely reliable,” Stubb said.
Russian President previously resisted one -to -one meeting with Zelenskyy. The President of the Ukrainian, the President of Russia, is ready to meet in any format, and that regional issues are “something we will leave between me and Putin”.
Here are some of the latest developments:
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Putin’s White House meeting, Trump’a said he was ready to meet Zelenskyy, “the next two weeks,” he said.. Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov said that Putin and Trump discuss the “idea ın of the Russian-Ukraine talks directly during Monday’s phone call.
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Trump told Zelenskyy that the US will help you guarantee Ukraine’s security in any agreement to end the warHowever, the scope of any assistance was not immediately clear. Orum I believe this is a big step forward, Z Zelenskyy said, security guarantees for Ukraine will probably work in 10 days.
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The US President rejected a ceasefire during a meeting with Zelenskyy and European leaders in the White House and during the Russian-Ukraine WarAlthough he warned Moscow to “very violent results” last week, Vladimir Putin refused to stop the war. While sitting with leaders on Monday, Trump said: “While working on a permanent peace, we will all prefer a ceasefire. Maybe it could be something like this. From this moment it doesn’t happen.”
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Trump, Zelenskyy and British, Germany, France, Italy, Finland, the European Union and NATO leaders, “He explained as a very good, early step For a war that has been going on for almost four years, ”Social media also said that Vice President JD Vance, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and private ambassador Steve Witkoff was“ coordination with Russia and Ukraine ..
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French President Emmanuel Macron called on Putin to accelerate sanctions against Russia if he did not progress on peace with Ukraine. Merz said that Ukraine should not have to deliver the Donbas region to Russia in negotiations and should not resemble the US, who gave up the US.
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However, Trump was clearly swinging by Putin from the talks in Alaska last Friday and repeated the Russian president’s speech pointsHe said that the end of the war several times on Monday, both Zelenskyy and Putin – only “continued” instead of Putin, who only invaded Ukraine. Trump also said: ız By taking into account the current contact line, we need to discuss the possible region changes – this means the war zone. “
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Ukraine will promise to buy a US weapon of $ 90 billion financed by Europe as part of an agreement. Zelenskyy, if there is a peace agreement with Russia, to get warranty for security from the US. “Indeed, we have a package with offers worth $ 90 billion,” Ukrainian President said. “And when our exports are opened with the US President, we make agreements on the purchase of Ukraine drones. This is important for us.”
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When Zelenskyy’s first trip to Trump’s White House in February, the heated stock exchange was examined, on the contrary, the charm of the President of Ukraine to pay this timelet it be wounded. Zelenskyy, who wears a black military -style suit and presented a letter from Melania Zelenska to Putin in response to Putin, said that this meeting with Trump is the “best”.
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