‘Putin-Zelenskyy Meeting, Then Trilateral’: Trump's Big Announcement After White House Meet

Last Updated:August 19, 2025, 04:35 IST

Donald Trump held a meeting with Zelenskyy and European leaders and said that he dialled Putin and "began arrangements for a meeting".

Trump says he brokered a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy (Reuters Image)

In a massive announcement after the White House Summit on Monday, President Donald Trump said that he dialled his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and “began arrangements for a meeting" with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Though he did not name the location where the proposed meeting would take place, the President said that the place is yet to be determined.

Trump Achieves Putin-Zelenskyy Breakthrough

Once the Putin-Zelenskyy bilateral meeting takes place, that will be followed up by a trilateral, in which Trump will also be a participant, he said.

“At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelenskyy. After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat, which would be the two Presidents, plus myself," Trump posted on Truth Social.

He described the latest development as “an early step" to conclude the war that has killed thousands so far.

“Again, this was a very good, early step for a War that has been going on for almost four years. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, are coordinating with Russia and Ukraine," Trump wrote.

Trump’s White House Summit

Trump hosted a Summit with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House on Monday.

Several leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, UK PM Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, visited Washington DC to press Trump over security guarantees for Ukraine and the whole of Europe.

They held a closed-door meeting with the US President.

Several media reports claimed during the meeting that Trump paused the meeting with the leaders to dial Putin. However, Trump said on social media that he spoke with the Russian President after the conclusion of his meetings — something he said earlier in the day he would do.

More to follow…

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