Trump will insist on a meeting between Zelenskiy and Putin, but there is a condition
14 August 01:23
US President Donald Trump has said that after talks with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, he is ready to hold a second meeting with the Kremlin leader and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. However, this format is possible if the Alaska summit “goes well.” Trump said this at a briefing at the Kennedy Center, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“If the first meeting goes well, then the second meeting will be quick, I would like to have it almost instantly – between Putin, Zelensky and me, if they want me there,” he said.
The US president added that the Alaska summit could create good preconditions for a second meeting. But it may not happen if Putin insists on his own terms.
“There may not be a second meeting if I feel that there shouldn’t be a second meeting because I don’t hear the answers that I need to hear, then we won’t have a second meeting,” he said.
Trump also said that Russia will face consequences if dictator Vladimir Putin does not agree to end the war after the meeting in Alaska.
At the same time, he refused to answer the journalist whether it would be new sanctions or duties against Russia:
“I’m not supposed to say that.”
Trump added that he was very pleased with the conversation he had with Zelenskyy and European leaders today.
“A very good conversation. I would give it a 10,” he said.
What is known about the meeting between Putin and Trump
The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled for August 15, 2025, and will take place in the US northwestern state of Alaska.
Diplomatic consultations between Ukraine and the United States on the eve of the summit are virtually around the clock. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that Ukraine and Russia will have to exchange some territories after Kyiv receives security guarantees.
Later, it became known that European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would hold a phone conversation with Trump before his meeting with Russian dictator Putin.
This meeting will be Putin’s first face-to-face meeting with the US president since 2021, when he met with Joe Biden in Geneva, Switzerland.
Donald Trump, as the leader of the White House, and Vladimir Putin last held personal talks in 2018 in Helsinki, Finland, and in 2019 they met at the G20 summit in Japan, but in the format of delegations.
Already in his second term, since the beginning of 2025, Trump has spoken to Putin at least three times by phone.
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