Trump, Putin to fulfill in Alaska for Ukraine peace talks with out Zelensky

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been sidelined from peace talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday as a result of the Russian chief prolonged the invitation to fulfill, based on the White Home.

"The president is agreeing to this assembly, on the request of President Putin," White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt informed reporters Tuesday. "And the aim of this assembly for the president is to stroll away with a greater understanding of how we are able to finish this conflict."

"I feel the president of america getting within the room with the president of Russia ,sitting face-to-face quite than talking over the phone will give this president one of the best indication of learn how to finish this conflict and the place that is headed," Leavitt mentioned.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, proper, and President Donald Trump, discuss as they attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican, April 26, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Workplace through AP))

In the meantime Zelenskyy has remained agency that any choices to finish the conflict made with out Ukraine will show futile.

"Any choices made in opposition to us, any choices made with out Ukraine — they're concurrently choices in opposition to peace," Zelenskyy mentioned in a Saturday assertion. "These are lifeless choices; they are going to by no means work. And what all of us want is an actual, dwelling peace, one that folks will respect."

Different European allies have Ukraine's again. A gaggle of European leaders issued a press release Saturday claiming that the "path to peace in Ukraine can't be determined with out Ukraine."

Trump informed reporters Monday that he predicted he’d know inside minutes whether or not Putin was critical about hashing out a deal or not. He additionally acknowledged that Russia and Ukraine must navigate some "land swapping" points as a part of an settlement.

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters within the James Brady Press Briefing Room on the White Home, Aug. 11, 2025. (Alex Brandon/The Related Press)

Trump additionally mentioned he would keep in touch with Zelenskyy and different European leaders following the assembly with Putin.

"If it’s a good deal, I'll reveal it to the European Union leaders and the NATO leaders and likewise to President Zelenskyy," Trump mentioned. "I could say, ‘plenty of luck, maintain combating,’ or I could say we are able to make a deal."

When requested if the assembly would pave the way in which for a peace deal, or whether or not the assembly would merely function a possibility for Trump to really feel out if a deal was even doable, Leavitt mentioned the administration wasn’t ruling out both choice.

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President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake fingers at first of a gathering on the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Related Press)

"I feel each could be true, proper?" Leavitt mentioned. "The president has all the time mentioned he needs a peace deal. He needs to see this conflict come to an finish. However this bilateral assembly is a bilateral assembly between one occasion on this two occasion conflict. Proper. You want each international locations to conform to a deal. The president is accepting this bilateral assembly with Putin on Friday, and I'll let him converse additional to it after it concludes about how he felt it went."

Trump and Putin are scheduled to fulfill in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday — regardless of the president's feedback in current days that the 2 would meet in Russia.

"There have been many websites mentioned, however in fact, Alaska is a state inside america of America," Leavitt mentioned. "So the president may be very honored and appears ahead to internet hosting President Putin on American soil."