Welcome to The Logoff: A short-notice meeting at the White House today brought President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and seven other European leaders together to discuss the Russian war in Ukraine — but revealed little about whether a peace deal will be possible. The other big result of the meeting is the promise of another meeting — this time, a trilateral discussion between Trump, Zelenskyy, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which Trump has pushed to arrange, and Zelenskyy today signaled he would be open to. In addition to Trump and Zelenskyy, the leaders of Finland, France, Germany, Italy, and the UK were in the room, as were Rutte and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president.
Author: Cameron Peters
Published at: 2025-08-18 22:29:45
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