The Ukrainian president will meet Trump in Washington. On the table the hypothesis of a trilateral with Moscow. Axios: a peace agreement is needed for Trump, not a ceased the fire
Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that on Monday it will be at the White House to meet Donald Trump. The announcement came on X, with words that know of turning point: «We will discuss the details regarding the end of the killings and war. I am grateful of the invitation ». A statement that photographs the moment: Washington now becomes the stage of a game that is played in three, with Kiev, Moscow and America ready to redesign the fate of the conflict.
A long phone call
To precede the formal invitation, a call lasting about an hour between the American president and the Ukrainian president. Then, in line, European leaders were also added. Zelensky explained that, during that conversation, the hypothesis of a trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin was discussed. “We support President Trump’s proposal,” he added, putting Kiev’s availability to sit at the same table with Moscow black and white.
Trump pushes for total peace
Axios reconstructed the details of the interview. According to the correspondent Barak Ravid, Trump would have clarified that the fire is not enough: “I think that a peace agreement reached quickly is better than a ceasefire,” he would have told the Ukrainian leader and the other NATO allies. It is the Washington line: no temporary breaks, but an overall understanding that definitively closes the war.
Europe listening
Giorgia Meloni also attended the telephone exchange with the White House, together with other European leaders. Palazzo Chigi confirmed the presence of the premier to the call, a sign that Italy remains hooked to the Ukrainian dossier and intends to maintain an active role in a negotiation that could redesign geopolitical balances.
After Anchorage, now Washington
The meeting between Trump and Putin ad anchorage has left more than one question in suspense. No formal agreement, but the idea of “progress” that could turn into something more concrete. Now the White House becomes the place where those progress will be put to the test. If a trilateral with Zelensky will really be born, it will be the step closest to a diplomatic turning point since the beginning of the war.
