Trump says he’ll meet with Zelenskyy after “very profitable day” with Putin

President Donald Trump stated he’ll meet with Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home on Monday afternoon to debate an settlement “which might finish the battle” between Russia and Ukraine. 

The Reality Social put up happened half a day after Mr. Trump met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Mr. Trump stated the assembly with Putin “went very effectively.” He additionally stated the assembly was adopted by a “late evening cellphone name” with Zelenskyy and different European leaders, together with Mark Rutte, the secretary basic of NATO. The decision occurred round 2:40 a.m. ET.

“It was decided by all that the easiest way to finish the horrific battle between Russia and Ukraine is to go on to a Peace Settlement, which might finish the battle, and never a mere Ceasefire Settlement, which regularly instances don’t maintain up,” Mr. Trump stated. 

Mr. Trump didn’t share any particulars of the settlement. He stated Zelenskyy would be part of him within the Oval Workplace on Monday afternoon to debate the proposal. Zelenskyy has beforehand supported a ceasefire settlement to satisfy and talk about a peace settlement, however Moscow has rejected the thought. He has additionally criticized any talks that happen with out Ukraine. 

“If all of it works out, we are going to then schedule a gathering with President Putin,” Mr. Trump stated. “Doubtlessly, hundreds of thousands of individuals’s lives shall be saved.” 

Zelenskyy beforehand joined Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance within the Oval Workplace in March, however the gathering rapidly descended into insults and chaos. 

Mr. Trump’s assembly with Putin in Anchorage on Friday ended and not using a ceasefire or peace deal. In temporary remarks after the leaders’ practically three-hour assembly, Putin alluded to “unspecified agreements,” however no additional particulars got. Mr. Trump stated the assembly had been “extraordinarily productive.” Neither chief talked about an finish to the preventing in Ukraine. 

The summit, which included a crimson carpet and navy flyover, ended early and not using a deliberate luncheon between a broader group of officers. Mr. Trump returned to Washington, D.C. in a single day. 

In a taped dialog with Fox Information’ Sean Hannity earlier than his departure from Alaska, Mr. Trump stated he believes Putin desires the battle to finish and that the nations are near a deal, and added that it is “actually as much as President Zelenskyy to get it carried out.” He didn’t specify what an settlement may appear like. 

Zelenskyy has stated up to now that he won’t ever conform to any formal Russian annexation of Ukrainian territory or abandon the nation’s bid for NATO membership. In the meantime, Putin has been unwavering in his demand to maintain all Ukrainian territory that his forces occupy and stop Ukraine from becoming a member of NATO, with the long-term aim of returning it to Moscow’s sphere of affect. 

Mr. Trump has known as ending the battle in Ukraine and Russia a prime precedence for his administration. He beforehand stated he would finish the battle inside 24 hours of taking workplace in January. He has criticized each Putin and Zelenskyy for failing to finish the battle. In latest months, he has appeared to develop into pissed off with Putin, giving a number of ultimatums and criticizing the Russian chief for the violence in opposition to civilians in Ukraine amid ongoing conversations with the U.S. 

“I at all times grasp up, [and] say, ‘Nicely, that was a pleasant cellphone name,'” Mr. Trump stated in July. “After which missiles are launched into Kyiv or another metropolis, and I say, ‘That is unusual.’ And after that occurs three or 4 instances, you say, the discuss does not imply something.”

Mr. Trump stated Friday that he wouldn’t enact financial sanctions he had threatened in opposition to Russia if an settlement wasn’t reached by early August. He stated he “might have to consider” enacting the sanctions “in two weeks or three weeks or one thing.”  

There have been strikes between the 2 international locations in a single day. Russia’s Protection Ministry stated its air defenses shot down 29 Ukrainian drones over Russia and the ocean of Azov, the Related Press reported. Ukraine’s air drive stated one ballistic missile and 85 Shahed drones have been fired at elements of Sumy, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv, in keeping with the AP. Sixty-one of the drones have been shot down, the AP reported. 

A Ukrainian soldier in Sumy informed CBS Saturday Morning that “issues get much more terrifying on the entrance line” when there are peace talks.

“They attempt to seize extra territory,” the soldier stated.