Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped to meet alone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as the two countries try to work towards peace, but U.S. President Donald Trump keeps saying he needs to be involved in the talks.
Days after Trump met with Putin during a summit in Alaska, Trump met with Zelensky — and several European leaders — at the White House Monday to try to find the best path forward to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. After the meeting, the U.S. president called his Russian counterpart to begin making “arrangements for a meeting” between Putin, Zelensky and himself, Trump wrote on Truth Social.
