Brief by Shorts91 NewsDesk / 01:44am on 19 Aug 2025,Tuesday International
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House, days after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. The high-stakes summit aimed to explore a resolution to the Ukraine war. Trump suggested Zelenskyy could end the war “almost immediately,” proposing Ukraine relinquish Crimea and abandon NATO ambitions but, Zelenskyy rejected. European leaders, including Macron, Starmer, and von der Leyen, joined the talks, emphasizing unity and peace. Zelenskyy handed Trump a letter from Ukraine’s First Lady for Melania Trump. The meeting marked a shift in U.S. diplomacy, with Trump pushing for trilateral talks involving Putin, Zelenskyy, and himself to forge a lasting peace. (PC: Al Jazeera & BBC)
