Ukraine’s President Met Trump And Told Him He Could Help With A Ceasefire To End Its War With Russia
After the meeting, Zelenskyy told reporters the meeting was “very interesting and cordial” and said he believed Trump “has a big chance to bring a just peace.”
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy met US president Donald Trump again to ask for more security guarantees and advanced weapons for Ukraine to fight Russia but left without a new agreement.
During the meeting, which lasted longer than two hours on Friday, Oct. 17, Zelenskyy congratulated Trump on the Gaza ceasefire deal, saying it is “a momentum to finish Russia's war against Ukraine.”
Trump said that he had a "very productive" phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin before meeting with Zelenskyy and announced plans for a second summit with Putin to be held in Budapest, Hungary, potentially within the next two weeks.
Trump said the summit with Putin will probably be without Zelenskyy as the two leaders “don’t get along.”
Hungary has said it will facilitate Putin's safe entry and return despite Putin facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for committing war crimes.
Zelenskyy said that Ukraine wants peace but “Putin doesn't want” it.
However, Trump said that Putin wants to end the war as well as Zelenskyy.
“Now we have to get it done,” Trump said.
Zelenskyy had met with Trump to ask for expanding security assistance, with more advanced weapons, particularly Tomahawk missiles, precise long-range missiles that could strike deep inside Russian territory beyond the frontlines.
“Tomahawks are very dangerous weapons. They're incredible weapons. If you like warfare, it's one of the most accurate,” Trump said, adding, “We don't want to be giving away things that we need to protect our country. We have a very strong country right now. We have the greatest weapons in the world. I want to get this war over."
After the meeting, Zelenskyy told reporters the meeting was “very interesting and cordial” and said he believed Trump “has a big chance to bring a just peace.”
He also said that no new weapons were promised.
The White House said the leaders agreed to continue talks on “security guarantees and humanitarian reconstruction.”
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