The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has spoken with Volodymyr Zelenskyj on the phone after Friday's meeting with Putin in Alaska.
Zelenskyj writes that the phone call was "long and rewarding".
”We started with a private conversation before we invited European leaders. This conversation lasted for over an hour and a half, including about an hour of bilateral talks with President Trump”.
Zelenskyj writes that he will meet Trump on Monday in Washington DC to discuss "an end to the killing and war" and adds that Ukraine supports Trump's proposal for a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the United States and Russia.
Demanding a ceasefire
He also repeats the demands for a "real peace" to be achieved. A ceasefire must occur both on the battlefield and in the air, as well as against Ukraine's ports. ”All Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians must be released, and the children who have been taken away by Russia must be returned”, Zelenskyj writes.
He also says that he has conveyed to Trump that the sanctions against Russia must be tightened if the country tries to avoid an end to the war, as well as Ukraine's need for security guarantees.
Donald Trump writes on his side on the platform Truth social that the meeting in Alaska was ”very successful”, as well as the subsequent phone call with Zelenskyj and European leaders.
”Directly to a peace agreement”
”Everyone agreed that the best way to end the terrible war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a peace agreement that would put an end to the war, rather than just a ceasefire that often does not hold”, Trump writes.
Trump also confirms that Zelenskyj will come to Washington on Monday, and that the meeting will be held in the afternoon.
The phone call was attended by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Polish President Karol Nawrocki.
Also, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte participated in the call, according to the European Commission's spokesperson Arianna Podesta.
