Zelenskyy holds 'long and substantive' call with Trump, says will meet US president on Monday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday said that he will meet Donald Trump on Monday (August 18), as he held a “long and substantive” call with the US president, hours after the Alaska Summit.

“Ukraine reaffirms its readiness to work with maximum effort to achieve peace. President Trump informed about his meeting with the Russian leader and the main points of their discussion. It is important that America’s strength has an impact on the development of the situation,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X.

We had a long and substantive conversation with @POTUS. We started with one-on-one talks before inviting European leaders to join us. This call lasted for more than an hour and a half, including about an hour of our bilateral conversation with President Trump.

Ukraine reaffirms… pic.twitter.com/64IPVhtFaB

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 16, 2025

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Trump spoke for more than an hour with Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

According to the Ukrainian presidency, Trump spoke first with Zelensky and then the other European leaders joined the call. The White House has also confirmed the call.

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The White House, however, has not yet confirmed Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump in Washington. When confirmed, this will be the Ukrainian president’s first visit to the US after February’s debacle, where he was rebuked by Trump over the war.

Alaska Summit ends without a deal

Meanwhile, Putin and Trump’s meeting in Alaska failed to reach a breakthrough, pointing to areas of agreement and rekindling a friendship but offering no news on a ceasefire.

After an abrupt ending to three hours of talks with aides, Trump and Putin offered warm words but took no questions from reporters – highly unusual for the media-savvy US president.

“We’re not there yet, but we’ve made progress. There’s no deal until there’s a deal,” Trump said.

He called the meeting “extremely productive” with “many points” agreed, although he did not offer specifics.

“There are just a very few that are left, some are not that significant, one is probably the most significant,” Trump said without elaborating.

Putin also spoke in general terms of cooperation in a joint press appearance that lasted just 12 minutes.

With inputs from agencies