Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy to visit Trump in Washington on Monday

President Trump promises ‘Peace Agreement’ instead of ceasefire
President Trump has promised a “Peace Agreement” to end the war in Ukraine following his summit in Alaska with Putin, and phone calls last night with Zelenskyy, European leaders, and the secretary general of NATO.
“A great and very successful day in Alaska!” he posted on Truth Social early this morning. “It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up.”
Trump also confirmed that Zelenskyy would visit The Oval Office on Monday.
“If all works out, we will then schedule a meeting with President Putin,” he added. “Potentially, millions of people’s lives will be saved. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy ‘not yet’ discussed, says Putin aide
A meeting between Putin, Zelenskyy and Trump “has not yet been raised,” said Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s long-serving presidential aide to Putin and former ambassador to the United States, as reported by Russian state media TASS.
TASS also reported Ushakov saying “he does not yet know when the next meeting between Putin and Trump will take place.”
Putin ‘rehabilitated’ by reception in Alaska, says German lawmaker
Putin was “rehabilitated” by U.S. reception while the war in Ukraine continues, a leading German lawmaker has said, labelling the summit in Alaska “Black Friday.”
“There is no ceasefire, and there are no serious consequences,” Roderich Kiesewetter of the center-right CDU party, told German broadcaster ARD today.
Instead, Kiesewetter said the summit allowed presidents Putin and Trump to appear on the world stage “as equals,” and said Putin’s red carpet reception of Putin was in “blatant contradiction” to the reception given to Zelenskyy at the White House.
Kiesewetter appeared to be referring to Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump at the White House in February this year, when he was told to leave the building after a spat with Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
Putin gets warm welcome from Trump at Alaska summit, including a ride in ‘The Beast’
Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t have asked for a better reception.
He was greeted with a red carpet, a jet flyover and a ride with President Donald Trump in the armored presidential Cadillac limousine known as “The Beast.”
Putin’s beaming smile in the window of the limo as they drove off the tarmac together summed up the moment.
No ceasefire announcement after Trump-Putin summit
The high-stakes, historic summit that took place in Alaska yesterday ended without an agreement — here’s a breakdown of the day, from the arrival of the two leaders through the news conference where President Donald Trump said “there’s no deal until there is a deal.”
Zelenskyy to visit Washington on Monday after ‘meaningful conversation’ with Trump
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy says he will discuss ending the war in his homeland with President Trump in Washington on Monday, following a “long and meaningful conversation” between the two leaders last night.
“President Trump informed me about his meeting with the Russian leader, about the main points of their conversation,” he posted on Telegram. “We support President Trump’s proposal for a trilateral meeting—Ukraine, America, and Russia.”
Zelenskyy added it was important that Europeans are “involved at all stages to reliably guarantee security together with America,” and that European leaders eventually joined the phone call with Trump.
“We discussed the positive signals from the American side regarding participation in guaranteeing Ukraine’s security,” he said. “Thank you to everyone who is helping!”
Summit was a clear victory for Putin, says German security expert
Putin left Alaska the happier man according to Wolfgang Ischinger, the head of the Munich Security Conference, who said it’s a clear “1-0” victory for the Russian president.
“Putin got his red carpet treatment with Trump, while Trump got nothing,” he posted on X. “As was to be feared: no ceasefire, no peace.”
Ischinger said the result was “deeply disappointing for Europe,” and that the Ukrainians have also ended up with “nothing.”
Trump returns to White House
President Trump arrived back at the White House just after 3 a.m. Eastern Time this morning.
‘No deal’: Trump calls summit with Putin ‘productive,’ but doesn’t announce ceasefire
Reporting from ANCHORAGE, Alaska
Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from a nearly three-hour meeting on the Ukraine war and struck a cordial tone in brief public statements, but left without announcing a ceasefire or peace agreement yesterday.
“There’s no deal until there’s a deal,” Trump said.
The White House had said there would be a news conference after the closed-door meeting, but both men walked offstage after 12 minutes without taking questions from the scores of American and Russian reporters in attendance.
Trump hosted the summit at a military base in Alaska in an audacious bid to broker a peace deal and stop Russia’s three-year war with Ukraine and its ever-rising body count. It was not immediately clear what was agreed upon in the talks. Trump said the two sides had made “some great progress,” but offered no specifics.