Zelenskyy arrives at White House for meeting with Trump

Trump greeted Zelenskyy upon arrival, and the two leaders shook hands.

Earlier, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Presidents Alexander Stubb of Finland and Emmanuel Macron of France also arrived at the White House.

The Ukrainian delegation included Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova, and Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Pavlo Palisa.

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Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

The leaders are expected to discuss in detail the terms of a possible peace deal and outline further steps toward ending the war in Ukraine.

According to the BBC, US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will also join the meeting.

More details about the negotiations can be found in the material by RBC-Ukraine.

Prior to this, Zelenskyy held separate talks with US Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, where they discussed the battlefield situation and coordination of potential joint diplomatic efforts by Ukraine, Europe, and the US.

Background

The Washington talks come shortly after Trump’s August 15 meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to media reports, during the summit, the Kremlin presented a list of demands: withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Donetsk and Luhansk regions, abandoning NATO membership, recognition of Crimea as Russian, and partial sanctions relief. Moscow also insisted on official status for the Russian language and freedom of activity for the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

Reuters reported that in return, Russia suggested freezing the front line in the south and returning some occupied areas of Sumy and Kharkiv regions to Ukraine.