Trump Hosts Zelenskyy and Seven European Leaders at White House, Says Putin Agreed to Accept Security Guarantees for Ukraine
On August 18, 2025, President Donald Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and seven European leaders at the White House in Washington, D.C., to discuss a path to ending the Russia-Ukraine war, in a follow-up to Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska three days earlier.
Trump first held a bilateral meeting with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Zelenskyy thanked Trump for his personal efforts to stop the killing and end the war, and handed him a letter from Ukraine's First Lady to First Lady Melania Trump concerning the sensitive issue of abducted Ukrainian children. Zelenskyy said Ukraine supports finishing the war through diplomacy and is ready for a trilateral meeting.
Trump then held a multilateral meeting in the East Room with Zelenskyy and the European leaders: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and French President Emmanuel Macron.
At the multilateral meeting, Trump said the Alaska summit had reinforced his belief that peace is within reach, and that in a very significant step, Putin had agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine, a key point the leaders would consider at the table, including who would do what. He said he would call Putin right after the meeting and work to arrange a trilateral meeting. Zelenskyy said afterward that security guarantees for Kyiv could be finalized within the next 10 days.
Related: Trump and Putin Meet in Alaska: No Ukraine Ceasefire Deal Reached
(Source: The White House)
Source: The White House
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Photo: 图：2025年8月18日，乌克兰总统泽连斯基与特朗普总统在白宫椭圆形办公室举行双边会晤。白宫官方照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine and President Donald Trump hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office on August 18, 2025. Official White House photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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