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World Leaders Debrief Trump’s Meetings With Zelensky and Putin

Donald Trump aims for a long-term peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, backed by European leaders, to potentially save millions of lives by avoiding a ceasefire.

  • On Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans to coordinate a summit arranging a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with Zelenskyy traveling to Washington to meet Trump and European capitals backing the effort.
  • NATO members insisted on U.S. troops as insurance, while President Donald Trump declined deployments, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy framed the demand as a `security guarantee`.
  • Call participants included European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Steve Witkoff, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a late-night conversation following President Donald Trump's successful meeting with President Putin and calls with President Zelenskyy.
  • All agreed to move directly to negotiating a long-term peace agreement, which officials say could save millions of lives; President Donald Trump said it might be `better` if President Vladimir Putin and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met without him, planning a trilateral follow-up meeting Monday.
  • European participants said they would help coordinate a trilateral summit and are ready to work with President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while Trump reported beginning arrangements with a location to be determined.
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