US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would probably meet with the President of Ukraine in Wołodylym in Washington next week. He also suggested that he could soon meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. During the presidential campaign, Trump promised the rapid end of the war in Ukraine.
– I will probably meet with President Zelnski next week and I will probably talk to President Putin. I would like this war to end for one main reason: so many people die – he said Donald Trump During a meeting with the Prime Minister Japan Shigeru Ishiba in the White House.
In this way, he answered the question of whether the Vice President JD Vance would meet with Zelanski during the next week's Munich Safety Conference.
President Ukraine He announced that during the conference he would present Kiev's position on the end of the war with Russia. Trump said that the meeting will probably take place in Washington, because he does not intend to go to Europe. He also said that he would probably meet Putin, but he did not specify when it would happen.
On Friday evening, Zelanski announced that “the coming weeks can be very intense in diplomacy.”
“We will do everything that is necessary to make this time effective and productive. We always value cooperation with President Trump,” he assured in the post on portal X. He added that talks at the level of American and Ukrainian teams are also planned.
“A solid, durable room will become closer” – noted the President of Ukraine.
Trump also announced that he would ask Europe to “equate” expenses for the support of Ukraine. According to Trump, they are on the side USA $ 300 billion, although his envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg talks about 170 billion. Ukraine is to “secure” the metals of rare lands in equal quantity against the US expenditure incurred.
– We also ask President Zelanski to secure all this money. We say: when will it end? And yet we want to bring it to an end. We want to bring it to an end, but we will ask for security – said Trump.
Trump suggested on Monday that he demanded from Ukraine to secure US access to rare lands in exchange for further military assistance.
Zelanski said in a Friday interview with Reuters that he was ready to share the US Ukrainian Metal Metal resources and underground magazines for LNG in exchange for security guarantees. As emphasized by the President of Ukraine, Kiev does not propose to “distribute” his resources, but offers them on the basis of mutually favorable partnership. “The Americans helped the most and therefore they should earn the most,” said Zelnski, quoted by Reuters.
Wołodymyr Zelnski and Donald TrumpPhoto from September 2024Tvn24
Zelnski about Trump's plan at the end of the war
President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski He claims that he knows President Trump's plan at the end of the war with Russia. However, he emphasizes that only some of the issues were discussed with Washington before the January inauguration.
“(Trump's plan) is not officially yet. What appears in various publications … I am sure that this is not the official plan of President Trump,” said Zelanski.
The Ukrainian president emphasized that “there could be no plan developed without someone's participation, even on the part of the United States.” “Let's wait for our (Ukrainian -American – ed.) Official conversations and official results” – he added.
Zełeński also assures that he is ready to talk to Putin if it leads to the end of the war. He also emphasized the importance of permanent peace with guarantees of Ukraine's security, adding that he is working on the American side.
Source of the main photo: Ukraine Presidential Press Service/PAP/EPA