The US president and Volodymyr Zelensky said for the first time they were ready to hold three-way talks with Vladimir Putin to discuss a lasting settlement to end the fighting.
In stark contrast to their angry confrontation at the Oval Office six months ago, Trump and Zelensky made a convivial joint appearance as they shook hands and even laughed over the Ukraine leader’s decision to wear a suit this time.
Yet hopes of the Ukraine president and his European allies to get Trump to agree to an immediate ceasefire, pending detailed peace negotiations, fell flat after the US president said “we can work a deal, we’re working on a peace deal while they’re fighting”.
The US president had also earlier rebuffed calls by Ukraine and European countries for Kyiv to be able to join Nato.
But a sign that the US position had shifted emerged on Sunday when Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said the US and Europe would be “potentially prepared to be able to give Article 5 security guarantees”.
European leaders join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in talks with US President Donald Trump as they try to find a way to end Russia’s offensive (Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty)
Asked whether the US would provide troops as part of security guarantees, Trump told reporters at the Oval Office: “We will let you know later today. When it comes to security there’s going to be a lot of help, it’s going to be good, they are the first line of defence because they’re there, they’re Europe, but we’re going to help them out also, we’ll be involved.”
“I don’t know whether you can define it that way but Nato-like? We are going to give people waiting in another room right now, they want to give protection and they feel very strongly about it, and we will help them out with that, I think it’s very important, I think it’s very important to get the deal done.”
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Asked about the potential for a ceasefire in the conflict, Trump said: “I don’t think you’d need a ceasefire.
“I know that it might be good to have, but I can also understand, strategically, one country or the other wouldn’t want it. You have a ceasefire, and they rebuild and rebuild and rebuild and, you know, maybe they don’t want that.”
“But we can work a deal, we’re working on a peace deal while they’re fighting.”
The shift in language from Trump on security guarantees will be welcomed by European leaders and Ukraine, but it is not yet clear what this would mean in practice.
Before the White House talks, Zelensky wrote on X: “Our main goal is a reliable and lasting peace for Ukraine and for the whole of Europe.
“That is why pressure must work, and it must be joint pressure – from the United States and Europe, and from everyone in the world who respects the right to life and the international order.”
Earlier, Downing Street insisted the UK position on Ukraine’s Nato membership had not changed, putting Starmer at odds with Trump on the issue.
In response, Starmer’s official spokesman said: “Russia cannot have a veto against Ukraine’s pathway to the EU or Nato.”
Asked if Mr Trump could have a veto, the spokesman repeated that “our position on Ukraine and Nato hasn’t changed” and that Ukraine is on “irreversible path” to membership.
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