{"id":70622,"date":"2025-08-18T17:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/18\/what-to-know-about-zelenskyys-meeting-with-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:21:55","slug":"what-to-know-about-zelenskyys-meeting-with-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2025\/08\/18\/what-to-know-about-zelenskyys-meeting-with-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about Zelenskyy\u2019s meeting with Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/16\/key-takeaways-from-the-trump-putin-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/16\/key-takeaways-from-the-trump-putin-summit\/\">Trump is set to host<\/a> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday to discuss how to end Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\">three-year war<\/a> in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Months of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/28\/trump-says-hes-shortening-50-day-deadline-for-russia-to-end-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/07\/28\/trump-says-hes-shortening-50-day-deadline-for-russia-to-end-war\/\">U.S.-led diplomatic efforts<\/a> to stop the fighting haven\u2019t made headway, but the stakes have risen since Trump met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/15\/b-2-fighter-jets-fly-over-as-trump-putin-summit-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/15\/b-2-fighter-jets-fly-over-as-trump-putin-summit-begins\/\">Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> on Friday. After that summit, Trump abandoned the requirement of reaching a ceasefire in order to hold further talks and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/16\/key-takeaways-from-the-trump-putin-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/16\/key-takeaways-from-the-trump-putin-summit\/\">aligned with Putin\u2019s position<\/a> that negotiations should focus on a long-term settlement instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The presence of several European leaders at the talks in Washington shows how central the conflict \u2014 and any settlement \u2014 is to wider security questions on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/16\/key-takeaways-from-the-trump-putin-summit\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25227841777981.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Key takeaways from the Trump-Putin summit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The much-anticipated summit ended with a thud after the two leaders conceded they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are looking to safeguard Ukraine and Europe more broadly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\">from any further aggression<\/a> from Moscow \u2014 but also are providing a show of support for Zelenskyy after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/03\/04\/trump-pauses-military-aid-to-ukraine-after-oval-office-blowup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/03\/04\/trump-pauses-military-aid-to-ukraine-after-oval-office-blowup\/\">last visit to the White House led to an angry confrontation<\/a>. The American and Ukrainian leaders are scheduled to first meet privately, without the Europeans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On \u201cTrump\u2019s ultimate policy towards the Russia-Ukraine war hangs not just the future of Ukraine security, but Europe\u2019s as well,\u2019\u2019 said Nigel Gould-Davies, senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. \u201cThe stakes could not be higher for the continent.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s what to know about the Washington meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The talks could be a pivotal moment in the war<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After meeting Putin in Alaska, Trump is making a big push for a breakthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of issues need to be resolved, however, and the two sides have previously established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/08\/14\/putin-wants-rest-of-ukraines-donetsk-as-part-of-ceasefire-zelenskyy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/08\/14\/putin-wants-rest-of-ukraines-donetsk-as-part-of-ceasefire-zelenskyy\/\">red lines that are incompatible<\/a>, including questions of whether Ukraine will cede any land to Russia, the future of Ukraine\u2019s army and whether the country will have any guarantee against further Russian aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on social media Sunday night, Trump appeared to shift the burden for ending the war to Zelenskyy, whose country was invaded in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A comprehensive peace deal could still be a long way off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Putin wants the Donbas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a condition for peace, the Russian leader wants Kyiv to give up the Donbas, the industrial region in eastern Ukraine that has seen some of the most intense fighting but that Russian forces have failed to capture completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his Sunday night post, Trump wrote that Zelenskyy should also accept Russia\u2019s illegal 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/24\/trump-says-zelenskyy-is-prolonging-war-in-ukraine-over-crimea-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/24\/trump-says-zelenskyy-is-prolonging-war-in-ukraine-over-crimea-question\/\">annexation of Ukraine\u2019s Crimea region<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of a deal, Putin has said the United States and its European allies can provide Ukraine with a security guarantee resembling NATO\u2019s collective defense pledge, according to a senior U.S. official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump envoy Steve Witkoff <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-witkoff-ukraine-russia-putin-war-048aa829a69b4020ca368577bfe18aee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-witkoff-ukraine-russia-putin-war-048aa829a69b4020ca368577bfe18aee\">called that<\/a> a \u201cgame-changing\u201d step though he offered few details on how it would work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine has long pressed for some kind of guarantee that would prevent Russia from invading again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ukraine won\u2019t surrender land to Russia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy has rejected Putin\u2019s demand that Ukraine surrender the Donbas region, made up of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, since the Ukrainian Constitution forbids giving up territory or trading land. That also means he can\u2019t cede Crimea either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/04\/26\/ukraine-pulls-us-tanks-from-front-lines-over-russian-drone-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/04\/26\/ukraine-pulls-us-tanks-from-front-lines-over-russian-drone-threats\/\">freezing the front line<\/a> \u2014 which snakes roughly 1,000 kilometers from northeastern to southeastern Ukraine \u2014 seems to be the most the Ukrainian people might accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia currently holds about 20% of Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Europe\u2019s security is also at stake in the talks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">European leaders see Ukraine\u2019s fight as a bulwark against any Kremlin ambitions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/\">threaten other countries<\/a> in eastern Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French President Emmanuel Macron described Ukraine as an \u201coutpost of our collective defense if Russia wanted to advance again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we are weak with Russia today, we\u2019ll be preparing the conflicts of tomorrow and they will impact the Ukrainians and \u2014 make no mistake \u2014 they can impact us, too,\u201d Macron said Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European political heavyweights expected in Washington are Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Civilians are killed as the fighting continues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine has in recent months been losing more territory against Russia\u2019s bigger army, and Moscow\u2019s forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of minor infiltrations in the Donetsk region ahead of the Alaska summit. But there is no sign of a looming, major Russian breakthrough on the front line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both sides have also kept up their daily long-range strikes behind the front line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, killed six people late Sunday, including an 18-month-old and a 16-year-old, according to regional head Oleh Syniehubov. The attack on the northeastern city injured 20 others, including six children, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry on Monday reported intercepting 23 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the annexed Crimean peninsula overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Danica Kirka in London contributed.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump is set to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House to discuss how to end the Russia-Ukraine 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