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(NewsNation) — Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy convened successful Washington, D.C., connected Monday alongside a host of European leaders and caller disconnected Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin that failed to unafraid a ceasefire.
European leaders praised Trump for his efforts toward bid portion besides emphasizing the request for information guarantees for Ukraine.
As of now, nary ceasefire is happening during negotiations, Trump said, saying helium believes Putin and Zelenskyy tin marque a deal.
Speaking to reporters, Zelenskyy said helium and Trump spoke astir immoderate delicate points, including information guarantees, during their meeting, striking a affirmative tone.
"We are blessed each the leaders are here; information successful Ukraine depends connected the United States and those leaders with us," helium said.
Trump and Zelenskyy person Oval Office meeting
In the Oval Office, Trump said advancement was being made toward peace. Zelenskyy thanked the president successful English, praising his efforts to bring peace. He besides said that helium would talk to Putin aft the meeting.
When asked astir U.S. enactment for Ukraine, Trump said helium didn't deliberation this was the end.
"I tin ne'er accidental that," Trump said. "I would not accidental it is the extremity of the road."
Trump besides spoke astir different wars helium says helium has ended, though overseas leaders person not ever agreed with him erstwhile it comes to the scope of the relation helium played. The president has been touting his efforts toward bid arsenic helium lobbies for a Nobel Peace Prize.
When asked if helium would beryllium unfastened to redrawing borders, Zelenskyy didn't accidental what circumstantial hard lines mightiness be.
"So we request to halt this war, halt Russia, and we request enactment from American, European partners. And we volition bash our champion for this," helium said.
When asked astir sending peacekeepers to Ukraine, Trump did not reply directly, alternatively saying immoderate bid woody would beryllium a semipermanent one.
"We're going to enactment with Russia. We're going to enactment with Ukraine. We're going to marque definite it works," Trump said.
Top officials from crossed Europe volition sermon the warfare successful Ukraine with Trump and Zelenskyy. (Credit: NewsNation)Veering from the taxable of Ukraine erstwhile asked, Trump doubled down connected his efforts to destruct mail-in voting, claiming it was utilized for "massive fraud" contempt determination being nary grounds of wide voting fraud.
Meetings are a cardinal measurement toward peace
Zelenskyy connected Monday said helium was in the U.S. capital and acceptable to talk with Trump, arsenic good arsenic European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Zelenskyy has the powerfulness to "end the warfare with Russia astir immediately" if helium concedes territory and gives up connected entering NATO, Trump said Sunday connected societal media. Trump's calls echo those of Russia, which Zelenskyy has vehemently opposed during the 3 1/2-year war.
An end to the war is simply a extremity Zelenskyy has continuously pushed — but not connected Russia’s terms.
"We each stock a beardown tendency to extremity this warfare rapidly and reliably. And bid indispensable beryllium lasting. Not similar it was years ago, erstwhile Ukraine was forced to springiness up Crimea and portion of our East — portion of Donbas — and Putin simply utilized it arsenic a springboard for a caller attack," Zelenskyy wrote connected X. "Or erstwhile Ukraine was fixed truthful called 'security guarantees' successful 1994, but they didn't work."
Ukraine-Russia ceasefire woody hinges connected territory demands
One of the obstacles for Monday's gathering volition apt beryllium the contented of territory and what Trump has called "land swaps," though each of the onshore successful question belongs to Ukraine.
Russia is specifically seeking the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that marque up the Donbas, European officials said. Kremlin forces inhabit astir 75% of the country currently.
“There is an important treatment to beryllium had with respect to Donetsk and what would hap there. And that treatment is going to specifically beryllium elaborate connected Monday,” said U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff, who took portion successful the Alaska summit.
Zelenskyy has consistently rejected Russia's demands for Ukrainian territory. Russia presently holds astir 20% of Ukrainian land, including Crimea, truthful immoderate woody that freezes the lines much oregon little wherever they are would payment Moscow.
The Ukrainian person connected Sunday again called connected Russia to extremity the war, adding that helium hopes "our associated spot with America, with our European friends, volition unit Russia into a existent peace."
NewsNation's Anna Kutz, Steph Whiteside, The Hill and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
