A White House meeting turned into a "heated quarrel". According to people familiar with the matter, during the talks with Zelensky, Trump ordered Ukraine to cede the entire Donbass region and repeated Putin's remarks. Click to view...
On October 20, according to the British Financial Times, in a gunpowder-filled White House meeting last Friday, Trump urged Zelensky to accept Russia's conditions for ending the conflict, warning that Putin had said he would "destroy" Ukraine if it did not agree. According to people familiar with the matter, the meeting between the US and Ukrainian presidents repeatedly turned into a "loud quarrel", and Trump "called people names all the time". They added that the US president threw away the map...
The upcoming meeting with Zelensky came as Trump announced that he would hold face-to-face talks with Putin in about two weeks. Despite the previous inconclusive Alaska meeting, Trump has high hopes for the Budapest summit. Click to view...
German Chancellor Merz publicly poured cold water on Putin's meeting with Zelensky, saying it was impossible. Trump's peace dream shattered? Click to view...
Putin and Zelensky have been unable to sit together for a long time. Trump bluntly said that the two "do not get along", and it is up to them to decide whether to meet. "Tango needs two people". Click to view...
US President Donald Trump said "I don't know if Putin and Zelensky will meet. The meeting will be arranged by Ukraine and Russia, and Putin and Zelensky want me to attend the meeting".
On August 18th, according to the schedule released by the White House, European leaders arrived at the White House at 12 noon on Monday (0:00 Beijing time on Tuesday). At 1:00 pm (1:00 am Beijing time on Tuesday), US President Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky. At 1:15 pm on Monday, Trump will hold a bilateral meeting with Zelensky. At 2:15 pm, Trump will meet with European leaders. At 3:00 pm, Trump will participate in multilateral meetings with European leaders.
US President Trump: The next meeting will be with Zelensky or with Zelensky and Putin; wants to meet with Zelensky and Putin, and will attend Zelensky's meeting with Putin if necessary.
On August 10, local time, US Vice President Vance said that the US is coordinating the arrangement of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Zelensky to discuss ending the conflict, and will keep the dialogue channels with Ukraine open. However, he believes that it is not constructive to hold a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian heads of state before Putin and Trump's meeting. At present, neither Russia nor Ukraine has responded to this. US President Tr...
On August 10 local time, US Vice President Vance said that the US is coordinating a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to discuss ending the conflict, and will keep the channels of dialogue with Ukraine open. However, he believes that it is not constructive to hold a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian heads of state before Putin and Trump meet. At present, neither Russia nor Ukraine has responded. US President Trump and Russian Presi...