At the White House a summit with Zelensky and European leaders opens new scenarios about the conflict. Trump announces direct interviews with Putin and the hypothesis of a historical trilateral.
Ukrainian crisis: perhaps peace is concretely approaching. Donald Trump received Volodymy Zelensky at the White House. The Ukrainian president was accompanied by various European leaders, Giorgia Meloni, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, Alexander Stubb, Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte. The general climate appeared quite serene: certainly more relaxed than the bilateral stormy that Trump had with Zelensky himself last February.
The American president defined yesterday’s meeting “very profitable“.“ During the meeting we discussed the Security guarantees for Ukrainewhich would have been provided by the various European countries, in coordination with the United States of America. Everyone is very satisfied with the possibility of a peace between Russia and Ukraine “, he continued, and then added:” At the end of the meetings, I called President Putin and I started the preparations for a meeting, in a headquarters to be defined, between President Putin and President Zelensky. After this meeting, we will have a trilateral, in which the two presidents will participate, plus me. Once again, it was an excellent initial step for a war that has lasted for almost four years. Vice -president JD Vance, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the special correspondent Steve Witkoff are coordinating the operations with Russia and Ukraine “.
The themes on the table
And therefore we come to the individual points discussed yesterday. Some have recorded considerable harmony, while on others a certain distance still takes place. As regards the eventual trilateralZelensky said he was favorable. “We are ready for a trilateral,” said the Ukrainian president during the face to face with Trump in the oval study.
As made known by both presidents, a meeting between Zelensky and Putin should be held first, which should follow a three -way meeting, in the presence of Trump himself. Another point on which convergence emerged was that of security guarantees. Trump did not exclude theSending of American troops on the Ukrainian territory. A project for the purchase of Kiev of 90 billion dollars in American armaments through European funding. The United States, for their part, could buy Ukrainian drones. According to Zelensky, the final plans should be developed within the next ten days. Both Starmer and Macron have positively underlined the progress on security guarantees.
The differences
However, the distance remains on other issues. First of all, it is recorded on cease-fire. Trump reiterated the need to bypass him, to get directly to a definitive peace treaty. “We are working on a peace agreement while they fight, they have to fight. I would like them to stop. I would like them to stop, but strategically, this could be a disadvantage for one of the two parts,” he said.
The Europeans, on the other hand, would hope that the preconception For the start of negotiations with Russia, it is a truce. “A real negotiation can only take place in a summit in which Ukraine also participates. Such a summit is conceivable only if the weapons are silent. I renewed this request once again today,” said Merz after yesterday’s meeting.
The territorial question
Another knot on the table is that of any territorial sales by Kiev. Zelensky admitted that he had a long discussion with Trump about a map that, exhibited in the oval study, showed the areas occupied by the Russians.
Rutte, however, reported that the redefinition of the Ukrainian territories was not discussed during yesterday’s summit, as it is supposed to be a topic to be treated during any trilateral between Trump, Zelensky and Putin. However, the dossier remains thorny.
The American president explicitly reiterated that Kiev should give up his claims on Crimea and, according to rumors, on Donbass. In return, the Kremlin would freeze the situation a Kherson And Zaporizhzia on the current lines of the front. An overall scenario compared to which Zelensky has shown himself cold.
An evolving scenario
In short, not all yesterday was defined. However the general feeling It is that something is concretely moving. We don’t know how it will end. But, with the Trump initiative, the possibility of a Direct meeting between Zelensky and Putin It has never been so at hand. And this is an objective fact.
