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European leaders will be part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when he travels to Washington, D.C., on Monday for a high-stakes assembly with U.S. President Donald Trump.
On Sunday, NATO Secretary Normal Mark Rutte, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Finnish President Alexander Stubb all confirmed their attendance. Their joint presence underscores Europe’s dedication to current a united entrance in help of Ukraine as Russia’s battle drags on.
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Forward of his assembly with Trump, Zelenskyy met with von der Leyen on the European Fee in Brussels to set priorities for the White Home talks, specializing in long-term army support, Ukraine’s ambitions to affix the EU, and bolstering transatlantic solidarity within the face of Russian aggression.
At a joint press convention, von der Leyen stated she was glad to be becoming a member of Zelenskyy and different European leaders in Washington on Monday.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) and European Fee President Ursula Von der Leyen attend a joint press convention in Brussels, on August 17, 2025. (Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Photographs)
“We are going to proceed to help you for so long as it takes,” she stated, including that the EU backs a trilateral assembly between Ukraine, Russia and the USA.
She warned that the EU will transfer ahead subsequent month with its nineteenth sanctions bundle in opposition to Russia if the Kremlin refuses to halt its battle in Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy stated he hopes the upcoming assembly with Trump “will likely be productive” and never a repeat of the shouting match that befell within the Oval Workplace throughout his February go to.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky get right into a verbal argument within the oval workplace. (Getty)
Zelenskyy’s assembly on the White Home comes on the heels of Trump’s summit with Russian chief Vladimir Putin in Anchorage on Friday, the place Trump dropped his demand for a ceasefire and urged a ultimate peace deal.
After assembly with Putin, Trump stated the Russian chief was prepared to finish the battle in change for key Ukrainian territory concessions. Trump stated Kyiv ought to take the take care of Moscow as a result of “Russia is a really huge energy, they usually’re not.”
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Zelenskyy, alongside European leaders, persistently rejects proposals to give up any Ukrainian land to Russia.
“For the reason that territorial challenge is so necessary, it ought to be mentioned solely by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia on the trilateral Ukraine, United States, Russia,” Zelenskyy instructed reporters on the European Fee on Sunday. “Up to now, Russia has given no signal that the trilateral will occur,” he added.
