Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Sunday he had spoken with President Donald Trump, describing the dialog as “vital” and saying the 2 agreed to satisfy in New York.
In a social media post, Zelenskyy stated the assembly “might change so much” and that he and Trump “bought by way of so much” throughout their dialogue.
“There’s diplomatic momentum,” Zelenskyy wrote.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – AUGUST 18: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes palms with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky throughout a gathering within the Oval Workplace on the White Home on August 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Trump is internet hosting President Zelensky on the White Home for a bilateral assembly and later an expanded assembly with European leaders to debate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. (Picture by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photographs)
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Zelenskyy’s publish didn’t point out at what time the New York assembly would possibly happen.
Zelenskyy additionally thanked Trump for the visit to Kyiv earlier this month by presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law.
“We went by way of the important thing particulars totally, they usually noticed the scenario in Ukraine firsthand. The peace observe is our primary precedence,” Zelenskyy stated.
Zelenskyy added that there are “concepts for de-escalation steps and for addressing elementary safety points – power safety, meals safety, and the safety of human life.”
“We’re working along with the American staff and are able to take actually critical steps,” Zelenskyy wrote.
Zelenskyy concluded by thanking Trump for signing the Lindsey Graham bill into legislation.
The invoice, named after the late Republican senator and which was handed by Congress this month, imposes main and secondary sanctions on Russia and different nations that help Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
“All of us concur – there should be peace,” Zelenskyy concluded his publish, thanking “everybody who stands with Ukraine.”
