Trump begins planning for trilateral meeting with Putin and Zelenskyy
United States (US) President Donald Trump confirmed that he would be beginning the preparation steps for a trilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and himself at some point in the near future. Trump's own claims of achieving an immediate peace deal have given way to much softer suggestions that maybe there could be some sort of partial peace arrangement within the weeks to come.
Key Trump highlights
I think we'll have a successful talk.
Been a very successful day thus far.
I will call Putin after this meeting and we'll try to work out trilat after that.
Alaska summit reinforced that peace is within reach.
Putin agreed Russia would accept security guarantees. We'll be considering who will do what.
Need to discuss possible territory exchanges.
We will need to consider land too.
Ceasefire isn't happening as of this moment.
I don't know that a ceasefire is necessary, but I like it.
We'll come to resolution, probably, on security.
A peace agreement at the end of this is attainable.
I think we will come to a resolution today.
No issue is overly complex.
Putin wants to find an answer too.
You have two willing parties who want to make a deal.
It's possible it will or won't be done.
In a week or two, we'll know whether we can solve this.
It is possible it might not be able to be done.
Had good meeting with distinguished guests, Zelenskiy
I phoned Putin, started preparations for meeting.
Began the arrangements for a meeting in California with Putin.