Trump says he has begun arrangements for face-to-face meeting between Putin and Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Trump is coordinating security guarantees from Europe and the US as part of efforts to arrange a Putin-Zelensky meeting aiming to end the nearly four-year conflict in Ukraine.
- Beginning arrangements for a face-to-face meeting, Trump said Monday that Ukraine's Zelenskyy and Russia's Putin are to meet, calling it a `very good, early step`.
- Amid discussions on security guarantees, Trump said `began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelensky` after speaking with Putin last week.
- Participants included European leaders such as Emmanuel Macron, Sir Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni, Friedrich Merz, Alexander Stubb, Ursula von der Leyen, and Mark Rutte, and Trump said `President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight` on Truth Social.
- Following these discussions, Trump said the United States would help arrange European security guarantees for Ukraine if peace could be agreed with Russia, with Rutte calling it a `big step, a breakthrough`.
- Planning for further talks, Trump indicated he would hold a three-way summit with Zelenskyy and Putin, with Merz saying it could happen within two weeks.
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