The US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin may meet at the end of next week.
CBS reports this, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
According to the publication, the US is already working on a location for the leadersʼ meeting. There is no official confirmation of this yet.
However, it is already known that Donald Trump will meet with Putin on August 15 in Alaska. The US President previously claimed that "there is a good chance" of a meeting between Putin and Zelensky. However, Putin himself, commenting on the possibility of meeting with Zelensky, stated that there are currently no suitable conditions for this.
What preceded
The Wall Street Journal reported that on August 6, Putin presented the Trump administration with a proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine. In the first phase, Ukraine would withdraw its troops from the Donetsk region and freeze the front line. In the second phase, Putin and Trump would agree on a final peace plan, which would then be discussed with Zelensky.
A WSJ source says that Putin called for a halt to the war on the current lines in the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
European partners and Ukraine responded to Putinʼs plan with a counter-proposal on August 9. It states that the parties must achieve a ceasefire before any other steps can be taken.
And the exchange of territories can only be carried out on a reciprocal basis, meaning that if Ukraine withdraws troops from some regions, Russia must withdraw troops from others. Ukraineʼs territorial concessions must be protected by security guarantees, including potential NATO membership.
"Ukrainians will not give away their land," said President Zelensky in response to the announcement of the Trump-Putin meeting. He emphasized that the Ukrainian Constitution has a clear answer about territories.
Later, the president added that Ukraine will not withdraw troops from the unoccupied part of Donbas, because this is a springboard for a future new Russian offensive. So in a few years, Putin will have an open path to Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as Kharkiv.
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