European leaders to join Zelensky, Trump for talks
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be among those joining Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington in a bid to halt Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
European leaders will join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Washington on August 18, 2025, seeking an end to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The talks follow President Donald Trump’s decision to drop his push for a ceasefire during his Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Trump has now called for a permanent peace deal instead. Securing a ceasefire in Ukraine, more than three years after the Kremlin ordered the invasion, had been one of Trump’s core demands before the summit. But after a meeting that yielded no clear breakthroughs, Trump ruled out an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, a move that would appear to favour Putin, who has long argued for negotiations on a final peace deal.