Ukraine’s Zelensky Can End War With Russia ‘Almost Immediately’: US President Donald Trump | World News
New Delhi: Former US President Donald Trump claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could choose to end the war with Russia, but warned Ukraine that he had to join two major points: to leave the Crimean claim and to leave NATO.
“Ukraine President Zelensky, Russia, may end the war with Russia, or may continue to fight on Sunday, Trump, Trump, Trump, Truth Social, on Sunday.
“There is no backing of the Crimea given by Obama (12 years ago, without fire!)… And by Ukraine does not enter NATO. Some things never change !!!” Added.
US President Donald Trump, “Ukraine President Zelenskyy, Russia can end the war almost immediately, or may continue to fight. Remember how it started. Remember how it started. Obama’s Crimea (12 years ago! pic.twitter.com/78ypjx8vrz– Ani (@ani) 18 August 2025
Trump’s comments, high -betting meetings with Zelensky, and a large European leader delegation who is expected to force the former president for an end to the war. The social media post seemed to preview the message he planned to present: Ukraine has to accept Russia’s long -standing demands if the conflict is to be solved.
The two conditions talked about Trump reflect the basic demands made by Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war by Russian President Vladimir Putin, abandoning the Crimean claims that Russia annexed illegally in 2014.
The explanations emphasize the diplomatic pressure that Zelensky may face during the next talks, especially Trump positions himself as a dealer that can quickly finish the war, even though it is largely in compliance with the stance of Moscow.
On Monday, Zelensky and the European leaders visited the White House, the meeting is concerned that Trump’s Ukrainian leader Putin puts pressure on the last week to accept the conditions he put forward at Alaska summits.
Trump hopes to learn more about what Russia can accept as a part of a peace agreement, including which role the US security guarantees will play forward -looking security guarantees.
“Tomorrow is a big day in the White House. There were no so many European leaders at once. My great honor to host them !!!” Trump released to Zelensky after his message.
European delegation: French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyn, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and NATO General Mark Rutte will participate in the White House visit on Monday.
Trump met Putin in Alaska on Friday, but the talks could not make any breakthrough on the ceasefire, but the White House ambassador Steve Witkoff said that both leaders agreed to provide “solid security guarantees” to Ukraine.
The European Commission Chief Ursula von greeted the news, but Zelensky rejected Russia’s idea of presenting country security guarantees at a press conference in Brussels.
“What President Trump said about security guarantees is much more important to me than Putin’s thoughts, because Putin will not give any security guarantee,” he said.
Zelensky then said that the US offer on social media on security guarantees was “history”.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who will participate with Von Der Leyen at the Washington meeting and will participate with others, said European leaders would ask Ukraine about the scope of security guarantees presented in any peace agreement.
He said from Moscow’s position: “There is only one state that proposes a peace that will be a delivery: Russia.”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova, on Sunday later in a statement on Telegram’a “disgusting lie” described it.
Moscow, under the conditions of Minsk agreements for seven years of conflict “a peaceful decision” proposed, he said.
Macron was trying to convince Ukraine that he could win the battlefield even if he knew that he was “impossible”.
After the Alaska meeting, Trump returned to say that he was looking for a peace agreement instead of a ceasefire. The truth is on the social platform, without elaboration.
Trump’s sudden focus on a peace agreement is compatible with the long -term receipt of Putin, whom Ukraine and its European allies have criticized as a time to buy as a way to buy Putin’s war area.
Zelensky also said that the Kremlin leader was ready to meet him for a three -way summit as he swams by the US President.
The leaders who go to Washington on Monday to appear with Zelensky call themselves “willing coalition”.
On Sunday, all European leaders held a video meeting to prepare their joint positions.
“I hope we have a productive meeting on Monday, we reach a real consensus, we can return to the Russians and take this peace agreement forward and handle it.”
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio talked to NBC on Sunday and warned Russia to “results”, including the potential implementation of new sanctions if there was no peace agreement in Ukraine.
European leaders expressed the discomfort of Trump’s postponement to Putin, who demanded that Ukraine abandoned their goal of joining the EU or NATO. They were removed from Trump’s summit with Putin.
In a CNN interview, Witkoff said the process of presenting “game -changing” security guarantees will contain regional “privileges”.
According to an official briefing on a call with Zelensky and European leaders while flying back from Alaska, US leader Russia supported a proposal in exchange for the seizure of two Eastern Ukrainian regions of the two Eastern Ukraine regions.
Putin, “De Facto wants Ukraine to leave Donbas”, a area of Donetsk and Langansk, which Russia is currently in partially controlled.
In contrast, the Russian forces would stop attacks in the Black Sea Port region of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine, where the main cities are still under Ukrainian control.
In September 2022, a few months after the full -scale occupation of Ukraine, although the troops still did not fully control any of them, he claimed that he annexed the four Ukraine.
In the place in Ukraine, the conflict continues with both Kyiv and Moscow’s attack drones.
Ukrainian officials reported that 13 people were injured in Russian strikes in Kharkiv and Sumy in the early hours on Monday.
(With inputs from Ians)
