Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, and seven other European leaders made a last-minute visit to the White House on Monday (18) shortly after the summit of US President Donald Trump in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In order to find a way to end the three and a half year war in Ukraine, which began with the large -scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, here are the main findings of the meetings:
A possible trilateral meeting
The president of Ukraine said he had a “Very good talk” with Trump at the beginning of the day. They discussed security guarantees and humanitarian concerns, he said. The American leader said on social networks that he started to organize a meeting between Putin and Zelensky.
After the bilateral meeting, he said he will work at a trilateral meeting. The Ukrainian President, at a news conference, said he was ready for “any format” meeting with the Russian President.
Safety guarantees
The Ukrainian President stated that today’s discussion included Plans for Ukraine buy $ 90 billion in American weapons through European financing, as part of the country’s security guarantees.
Another part of the warranties would involve the manufacture of drones through Ukraine, some of which would be purchased by the US. This is still under discussion and no formal agreement has been reached. The deal will be formalized next week or 10 days, he said.
The supply of American support in safety guarantees for Ukraine by Trump was A “advance” To ensure peace, Rutte said. He also thanked Trump for “breaking the impasse” and bringing Putin to the negotiating table.
Telephone conversation with Putin
During the meeting between Trump and European leaders, the US president interrupted conversations to call Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A high Kremlin advisor said the leaders had a “very constructive and very constructive telephone conversation that lasted about 40 minutes. The Russian leader “expressed support for direct negotiations between Russian and Ukraine delegations,” said Advisor Yury Ushakov.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said CNN that European leaders “coordinated“The decision to Trump call Putin To tell the Russian leader what was decided during the White House meeting.
Redesign Ukrainian borders
Zelensky said he had a long discussion with Trump about a map exposed in the oval hall showing the Ukrainian territories captured by Russia.
However, the redesign of the Ukrainian territory was not discussedSaid the NATO head, as the leaders agreed that this is a subject for Zelensky to discuss in a possible trilateral meeting involving Russia.
TRUMP SUSSURA FOR MACON
Prior to the multilateral meeting, Trump was caught in a hot microphone saying that Putin wants to reach a resolution for the war by him. “I think he wants to do an agreement for mehe understands? As crazy as it seems. “
