A trilateral meeting could reportedly take place as soon as next Friday if Monday’s meeting with the Ukrainian president is successful
US President Donald Trump is planning a trilateral summit with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin according to reports.
The meeting could take place if Trump’s Oval Office talks with Zelensky on Monday is a success.
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UK pm Keir Starmer, along with other European leaders and the Nato chief, will be joining Zelensky for the talks with Trump.
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President Trump described his summit with Vladimir Putin, as a “warm meeting,” and suggested that the Ukraine conflict is close to being resolved.
RT reports: On Friday, Trump met Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, in their first face‑to‑face encounter since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. Trump described the talks as “warm,” while the Russian president called them “frank” and “substantive.”
After the Alaska summit, Trump and Zelensky held a phone call described by the media as “not easy.” European leaders also joined the conversation, during which the US president told them “he wants to arrange a trilateral summit with Putin and Zelensky as soon as next Friday,” according to Axios. CNN later confirmed this, adding that at least one European leader is expected to take part in the Washington talks with Zelensky, although it is not yet clear who.
Later on Saturday, Trump confirmed Zelensky’s Oval Office meeting on his Truth Social network, touting a follow‑up meeting with Putin that could potentially take place afterwards. He added that the goal should be a peace agreement rather than a temporary ceasefire, “which often times do not hold up.”
Moscow has insisted that a lasting settlement requires Kiev to renounce its ambitions for NATO membership, demilitarize, and recognize current territorial realities. This includes Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye as part of Russia – regions that voted to join the country in referendums held in 2014 and 2022. Zelensky has consistently rejected any territorial concessions.
Trump later told Fox News that Zelensky should “make the deal,” stressing that Putin “wants to see it done” and urging Europe to “get involved a little bit.”
Putin has not ruled out direct talks with Zelensky but stressed they must be preceded by progress on a wider settlement. Moscow has also questioned Zelensky’s authority to sign binding agreements, noting that his presidential term expired last year and that no new elections have been held under martial law.
