Trump says he will meet with Zelenskyy later

President Donald Trump said he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House on Monday afternoon to discuss an agreement “that would end the war” between Russia and Ukraine.

The social publication of the truth arrived approximately half a day after Trump met with the Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Trump said the meeting with Putin “was very good.” He also said that the meeting was followed by a “nightly phone call” with Zelenskyy and other European leaders, including Mark Rutte, the NATO general secretary. The call took place around 2:40 am et.

“It was determined by everything that the best way to end the horrible war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a peace agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere agreement in the fire, which often does not remain,” Trump said.

Trump did not share any detail of the agreement. He said Zelenskyy would join him at the Oval office on Monday afternoon to discuss the proposal. Zelenskyy has previously supported a high fire agreement to comply with and discuss a peace agreement, but Moscow has rejected the idea. He also has He criticized any conversation that take place without Ukraine.

“If everything works, we will schedule a meeting with President Putin,” Trump said. “Potentially, the life of millions of people will be saved.”

Zelenskyy previously joined Mr. Trump and vice president JD Vance in the Oval office in March, but the meeting quickly descended in insults and chaos.

Trump’s meeting with Putin in Anchorage on Friday ended without a Page or Deal de Paz. In Brief observations After the almost three hours meeting of the leaders, Putin alluded to “non -specified agreements”, but no more details were given. Trump said the meeting had been “extremely productive.” None of the leaders mentioned the end of the fight in Ukraine.

The summit, which included a red carpet and a high military step, ended early without a lunch planned among a broader group of officials. Trump returned to Washington, DC during the night.

In a conversation recorded with Sean Hannity of News before his departure from Alaska, Trump said he believes that Putin wants the war to end and that the nations are close to an agreement, and added that “it really depends on President Zelenskyy to do it.” He did not specify how an agreement could be.

Zelenskyy has said in the past that he will never accept any formal Russian annexation of the Ukrainian territory or leave the country’s offer for NATO membership. Meanwhile, Putin has been unwavering in your demand To maintain the entire Ukrainian territory, their forces occupy and prevent Ukraine from joining NATO, with the long -term objective to return it to the sphere of influence of Moscow.

Trump has called to end war in Ukraine and Russia a priority for administration. He previously said that the conflict would end within 24 hours after assuming the position in January. He has criticized both Putin and Zelenskyy for not finishing the conflict. In recent months, it seems to be frustrated with Putin, giving several ultimatums and criticize the Russian leader for violence against civilians in Ukraine in the midst of ongoing conversations with the United States

“I always hang [and] Say: ‘Well, that was a good phone call’, “Trump said in July.” And then the missiles are thrown into kyiv or in some other city, and I say: “That is strange.” And after that happens three or four times, you say, the talk means nothing. “

Trump said Friday that he would not promulgate economic sanctions that he had Threatened against Russia If an agreement was reached in early August. He said “may have to think about” enacting the sanctions “in two weeks or three weeks or something.”

There were strikes between the two countries during the night. The Russian Ministry of Defense said its aerial defenses demolished 29 Ukrainian drones about Russia and the Azov Sea, News reported. The Ukraine Air Force said that a ballistic missile and 85 Shahed drones were fired to Sumy, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv, according to the AP, and 61 of the drones were shot down.

A Ukrainian soldier in Sumy told News themezone that “things become even more scary on the front line” when there are peace conversations.

“They try to take more territory,” said the soldier.

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