Key takeaways from White House talks between Trump, Zelenskyy and EU leaders

Key takeaways from White House talks between Trump, Zelenskyy and EU leaders


At first, Mr Trump said he would call Mr Putin "right after" the White House meetings, but he ended up interrupting the talk with the European leaders to call his Russian counterpart in the middle of the meeting, according to an EU diplomat. This comes after Mr Putin has reportedly made demands to take control of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine during the Alaska summit with Mr Trump as a condition for ending the war. When Mr Zelenskyy last met Mr Trump at the White House in February, the US president chided him for not wearing a suit, and he was accused by US vice president JD Vance of failing to show sufficient gratitude for US support for Ukraine.


Published at: 2025-08-18 21:47:00

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