Zelensky – Trump Meeting Set For Monday: Here’s What’s On The Agenda After Talks With Putin

After the high-stakes meeting between Putin and Trump, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky will head to Washington on Monday to discuss ending the deadly war that has raged since 2022, he announced on Saturday. Ahead of this, Zelensky recently held a phone call with Trump, during which the US President briefed him on the main points of his talks with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Zelensky said he had a long and substantive conversation with Trump, which began as a one-on-one exchange before European leaders later joined in.

We had a long and substantive conversation with @POTUS. We started with one-on-one talks before inviting European leaders to join us. This call lasted for more than an hour and a half, including about an hour of our bilateral conversation with President Trump.

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— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 16, 2025

The upcoming Washington meeting is scheduled for three days after Trump’s talks with Putin in Alaska ended. So far, those discussions have not produced the results the world was hoping for. There has been no ceasefire announcement or apparent breakthrough to end Moscow’s more than three-year-long invasion.

Before the upcoming meeting, Zelensky has stressed that European allies of Kyiv should be involved at every stage of the talks. He reiterated that he is ready for a trilateral meeting with Trump and Putin—something Ukraine has long advocated, though the Kremlin has resisted.

Analysis of The Alaska Meeting

According to BBC’s Tom Bateman, the Alaska meeting was a clear win for President Putin. Since March, Trump has been pressing for a ceasefire and repeated that demand before the summit. But the meeting does not appear to have gone in his favor. Trump claimed there was “progress,” but offered no details on what was achieved.

Putin, on the other hand, walked away with what can be counted as possible gains an effective American embrace, a red-carpet welcome, presidential applause, and, most importantly, global recognition of his role in bilateral talks toward peace. Trump, however, had little to show as a concrete achievement.

Putin also echoed Trump’s long-standing claim that the war would not have started if Trump had been president instead of Joe Biden. In just a few remarks, Putin managed to use the stage provided by the US to amplify his opinions and exploit divisions between the US and Europe.

What Zelensky Seeks From the Upcoming Meeting With Trump

Zelensky has consistently maintained that Ukraine will not cede territory, repeating this again on August 9. In response to Putin’s proposal to Trump, he declared that Ukraine will not “gift land to the occupier,” calling it impossible under Ukrainian law. He further insisted that sanctions on Russia must be strengthened if Moscow refuses to agree to a peace deal by the end .

Following a three-way call between Trump, Zelensky, and European leaders on Wednesday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer outlined Europe’s key demands:

• The US must not agree to any territorial concessions without Ukraine’s involvement.
• Ukraine must receive credible security guarantees as part of any peace deal, specifically a guarantee against future Russian invasion.

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