After revealing that Donald Trump and Volodimir Zelenski They will find themselves in Washington to look for solutions to the Ukrainian issue, Axios reveals what the two leaders said in their telephone conversation.
After Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, The US president called Volodimir Zelenski through Air Force One to inform him of the summitwhich did not bring an agreement on peace in Ukraine. Their conversation almost lasted 1.5 hours.
As the medium reveals, Donald Trump told Volodimir Zelenski but also to leaders of NATO countries how the Vladimir Putin does not want a simple truce but a comprehensive agreement to end the war.
Axios journalist Barack Ravid, posting on X, revealed that Donald Trump conveyed the following proposal: “I think a quick peace deal is better than a truce.”
President Trump told Zelensky and NATO leaders that Putin doesn’t want a ceasefire and prefers a comprehensive agreement to end the war. According to a source on the call Trump said: “I think a fast peace deal is better than a ceasefire”
– Barak Ravid (@baracravid) August 16, 2025
After the conversation, Volodimir Zelenski posted on Telegram to inform the public that he will meet with Donald Trump on Monday.
Common statement by European leaders
The leaders France, Germany, Britain, Poland and Italy They prepared a joint statement after examining the information given by Donald Trump about the meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
This was said today by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“There was a discussion between European leaders who evaluated the information provided by President Trump and the results of the meeting in Alaska,” Tusk wrote on X.
According to a spokesman for the European Commission, there was a new telephone conversation between European leaders on the US -Russia summit.
European Commission President Ursula von der Laienne, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, British Prime Minister Kir Starmer and NATO Secretary -General Mark, Rutte’s herself.